Two years on, Pompeo says US will continue to pressure Saudi Arabia to take action in the unsolved murder of Jamal Khashoggi
President Trump
made clear from the beginning this was a horrific murder, that was tragic. We’ve demanded Saudi Arabia take action against those who perpetrated it,” he said. “There are those now in prison as a result of having engaged in this. We want to make sure that their investigation is full, complete, thorough and gets to the bottom of this as well. We’ve been assured that they will and continue to press that issue with them,” Pompeo added.
Meanwhile, Khashoggi's family and friends this week launched the work of Democracy for the Arab World Now , a non-profit organisation that Khashoggi founded not long before he was killed.
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