U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with Saudi leaders to seek answers regarding the disappearance of a Saudi journalist.<br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… what was discussed?<br /><br />Well Mark… Pompeo had a short discussion with King Salman before a longer meeting with the King's son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday.<br />State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Pompeo "thanked the King for his commitment to supporting a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation" of the Jamal Khashoggi case. <br />The crown prince was also said to have agreed on the need for an investigation.<br />President Trump has said the king strongly denied any knowledge of what happened to the journalist during a phone call on Monday. <br />Khashoggi went missing earlier this month at the Saudi consulate in Turkey. <br />Istanbul believes he was murdered by Saudi agents as he entered the building, but Riyadh has denied this.<br />Pompeo will fly to Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish officials about the case.<br />Meanwhile Turkish officials are widening their investigation after searching the consulate on Monday. <br />They were to search the Istanbul residence of the Saudi consul Mohammad al-Otaibi, who was reported to have left Turkey hours before the scheduled raid.<br />Pressure is growing on Saudi Arabia to give a full explanation of what happened to the Washington Post columnist.<br />Riyadh was reported to have been planning a statement suggesting Khashoggi was killed in a botched interrogation, but nothing has come out yet. <br />
