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Oman: UK reinforcing ties with the Gulf Region

Sunday, 18 July 2010 18:58

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Oman (Muscat) - Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud al Busaidi, Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry and William Jefferson Hague, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who paid a two-day visit to the Sultanate, affirmed that the meeting with His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said was a warm and productive audience at Bait Al Barakah yesterday (Saturday).

Hague set out the Government's ambition to reinforce ties with the Gulf Region, and specifically with the Sultanate of Oman.

Both sides in a joint press conference Sayyid Badr and Hague, valued the history of partnership between the Sultanate of Oman and the United Kingdom, stemmed from the Treaty of Friendship signed between the two countries in 1800 and subsequent agreements.

Both sides agreed that they should continue building bilateral relations for the future, as well as, expanding the existing co-operation between them across the board including in culture, education, defence and security, trade and investment and foreign policy. They decided to establish a joint Steering Committee to take this forward. They agreed on boosting trade links that would bring great benefit to the two countries economies.

There was also a good discussion of current foreign policy issues in the region. There was agreement on the importance of success in delivering a stable Afghanistan able to mange its own security.

On the Middle East, the two sides agreed on the need for urgent progress towards a two state solution - a viable Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel - and on the importance of a peaceful resolution of Iran's nuclear issue and the full implementation of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions. The situation in Yemen was also discussed. (ONA)

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