Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a brief and seemingly friendly meeting today with Saudi leaders. Pompeo headed to Saudi Arabia as questions mounted over the country’s role in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This comes as reports emerge that the Saudis are preparing a report that will acknowledge Khashoggi was killed as the result of an interrogation gone wrong.

It was expected that Pompeo would take a hard stance at the meeting, but instead what the public saw were smiles and chuckles. NBC reports:

On greeting the secretary of state, the crown prince said: “We are strong and old allies so we face our challenges together — the past, the day of, tomorrow.”

“Absolutely,” responded Pompeo.

State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said Pompeo had thanked King Salman for “his commitment to supporting a thorough, transparent and timely investigation of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance.”

Understandably some are already criticizing the meeting.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports:

A high-level Turkish official says police have found “certain evidence” during their search of the Saudi Consulate showing that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there.

The official did not provide details on the evidence that was recovered during the hourslong search at the diplomatic mission that ended early Tuesday.