Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday he met with Saudi Arabia\u2019s foreign minister during an international conference and urged a full and complete investigation into the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n
Mattis told reporters traveling with him that Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir \u201chad no reservations at all\u201d about the need for the kingdom to be transparent about the death of the Washington Post columnist at the kingdom\u2019s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n
The two spoke privately at a dinner Saturday during the Manama Dialogue international security conference in Bahrain. Mattis did not detail the conversation they had but said he told Jubeir that \u201cwe need to know what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Turkish officials have said that a Saudi team of 15 men tortured, killed and dismembered the writer in a premeditated act. The kingdom initially said it knew nothing about what happened to Khashoggi, but on Thursday said evidence shows the killing was premeditated.<\/p>\n
When asked about the killing during a panel discussion at the conference, Jubeir complained about the media \u201chysteria\u201d and the rush to pin blame on the Saudi royal family before the investigation is complete.<\/p>\n
Khashoggi lived in self-imposed exile in the U.S. for the past year and wrote editorial columns for The Washington Post that were critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom\u2019s heir apparent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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