特朗普將派蓬佩奧就失蹤記者進行會談

U.S. President Donald Trump says he is dispatching Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Saudi King Salman after the monarch denied any knowledge about the disappearance of a Saudi journalist last seen two weeks ago entering the country's consulate in Istanbul.

Trump said Monday on Twitter, "Just spoke to the King of Saudi Arabia who denies any knowledge of whatever may have happened 'to our Saudi Arabian citizen,'" The U.S. leader quoted Salman as saying his country is "working closely with Turkey to find answer," adding Trump is "immediately sending" Pompeo to to Riyadh for more talks with the king.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Salman on Sunday discussed forming a joint working group to look into the disappearance of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, whom Turkish officials believe was murdered by Saudi agents October 2 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Saudi Arabia calls the allegations "baseless" and says Khashoggi left the consulate on his own, although neither Turkey nor Saudi Arabia has provided clear evidence to support its version of events.

Trump told the CBS news show 60 Minutes there would be "severe punishment" if it is determined Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate, but Riyadh dismissed the U.S. threat and said it would retaliate if Trump took any action against Saudi Arabia, according to an unnamed source quoted by Saudi Press Agency

Khashoggi was living in self-imposed exile in the United States and had criticized Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in columns written for The Washington Post.

Trump said "nobody knows yet" what happened inside the consulate, "but we'll probably be able to find out" if Salman ordered Khashoggi's murder. Trump added the United States "would be very upset and angry if that were the case."

In protest of Khashoggi's disappearance, several U.S. businesses leaders have pulled out of next week's Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, dubbed "Davos in the Desert," after the annual meeting of world economic interests in Switzerland. However White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said the Treasury chief is still planning to go.

The Washington Post reported in recent days that the Turkish government informed U.S. officials it was in possession of video recordings that prove Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, but have not made them public.美國總統特朗普表示，他將派遣國務卿蓬佩奧與沙特國王薩勒曼會面。此前沙特當局否認知道一名沙特記者兩週前進入沙特駐伊斯坦布爾領事館後失蹤的一事。

特朗普週一在推特上說，“剛剛與沙特阿拉伯國王通話，他否認對‘我們沙特阿拉伯公民'可能發生的任何事情有任何瞭解，”特朗普總統援引薩勒曼的話說，沙特“正在與土耳其密切合作，尋找答案。”特朗普還表示，將”立即派遣”蓬佩奧到利雅得與沙特國王舉行更多會談。

土耳其總統埃爾多安和薩勒曼週日討論組建一個聯合工作組，調查記者賈馬爾·卡舒吉失蹤一案。土耳其官員認爲，卡舒吉10月2日在沙特阿拉伯駐伊斯坦布爾領事館被沙特特工謀殺。

沙特稱這些指控“毫無根據”，並稱卡舒吉自己離開了領事館。不過土耳其和沙特都沒有提供明確的證據來支持各自的說法。

特朗普在接受美國哥倫比亞廣播公司新聞節目“60分鐘”時表示，如果確定卡舒吉在沙特領事館內被殺，將會採取“嚴厲懲罰”，但據沙特官方通訊社援引未具名的消息來源說，利雅得對美國的威脅予以反擊，聲稱如果特朗普對沙特阿拉伯採取任何行動，將會進行報復。

卡舒吉之前流亡在美國，並在爲“華盛頓郵報”撰寫的專欄中批評沙特王儲穆罕默德·本·薩勒曼。

特朗普總統說“沒有人知道”領事館內發生了什麼事，“但我們可能會知道薩爾曼是否下令謀殺卡舒吉。特朗普補充說，“如果情況屬實，美國會非常不滿和憤怒。”

數位美國商界領袖已決定退出下週在利雅得舉行的“未來投資倡議”大會，以示對卡舒吉失蹤的抗議。這個被稱爲“沙漠中的達沃斯”的會議是仿效瑞士舉行的世界經濟論壇舉辦的。不過白宮經濟顧問庫德洛表示，美國財政部長努欽仍計劃前往。

“華盛頓郵報”最近幾天報道說，土耳其政府曾通知美國官員，他們擁有視頻錄像，可以證明卡舒吉在領事館內被殺，但尚未將其公之於衆。