I hereby congratulate my dear friend and brother Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood AlBusaidi who has been appointed as the news Omani foreign minister after my dear brother Yusuf bin Alawi, Zarif wrote.

I wish success for my brother Sayyid Badr in this new position and hope that he will receive support from his brothers in Iran, he added.

I also hope good health for brother bin Alawi, the Iranian FM tweeted.

 

Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud al-Busaidi was appointed on Tuesday to succeed Yusuf bin Alawi, who first took a ministerial post 23 years ago.

As reported, the pivots of the upcoming negotiations will revolve around regional issues and Muscat’s viewpoint about Iran’s peace initiative, named Hormuz Peace Endeavor (HOPE).

Zarif and bin Alawi met and held talks earlier on September 22 in New York, where the two sides conferred on the latest developments in bilateral ties as well as the most important regional and international issues.

Bin Alawi was in Tehran in late July where he, besides Zarif, met Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani, and President Hassan Rouhani.