Pompeo emphasized that the United States would hold all of those involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi accountable and that Saudi Arabia must do the same, according to a statement issued by the State Department.
The statement also said that Pompeo reiterated during the phone talks US calls for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and for all parties to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict under the UN Special Envoy.
US Defense Secretary James Mattis announced last Friday (November 9) that Washington would support the Saudi decision to use the Saudi-led coalition's own capabilities to conduct inflight refueling missions in Yemen, indicating that the US side would stop refueling the coalition aircraft.
Khashoggi, journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2.
After releasing the results of the initial investigations, the Saudi authorities announced that 18 people were arrested over alleged connections to his killing.
On October 23, President Donald Trump denounced the Saudi handling of the death of Khashoggi, calling it the "worst cover-up ever" and "a total fiasco."
