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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Pompeo meets with Turkish president over missing Saudi journalist
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Turkey’s president and foreign minister over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
No details are immediately released about the talks between Pompeo and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The three posed for photos before their meetings, but said nothing in front of journalists. Pompeo held separate meetings with Erdogan and Cavusoglu, each lasting around 40 minutes.
Pompeo had just come from Riyadh, where he spoke yesterday with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Khashoggi went missing on Oct. 2 after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Turkish officials say they fear Saudi agents killed and dismembered him. Saudi Arabia has denied the allegations, but provided no evidence he left the consulate.
— AP
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