US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on Saudi Arabia to back a “thorough investigation” into the disappearance of prominent Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week.
“We call on the government of Saudi Arabia to support a thorough investigation of Mr. Khashoggi’s disappearance and to be transparent about the results of that investigation,” Pompeo said in a statement on Monday.
This comes after the Washington Post urged the US government to “demand answers” from Saudi Arabia about Khashoggi – an opinion writer for the newspaper.
“The United States must now make a concerted effort to determine all the facts about Mr. Khashoggi’s disappearance,” the newspaper said in an editorial late Sunday.
Khashoggi was known for his critical views on Riyadh. He lived in self-imposed exile in the US since September 2017, when he left Saudi Arabia amid a crackdown…