Muscat: Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed gave an audience to Iran’s First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi Monday evening at the Hisn Al Shumoukh in Manah, located about 500km north-west off Muscat.
During the audience, a number of aspects of the existing cooperation in various fields between the two countries were discussed.
They also talked about joint interests of the Omani and Iranian peoples, as well as means of enhancing existing relations and bonds between the two countries. In addition, they also conferred on a number of issues of common concern in light of the current developments at the regional and international arenas.
The audience was attended by Dr. Ahmad Bin Mohammad Al Futaisi, Transport and Communications Minister, Sayyid Saud Bin Hilal Bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Muscat, Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry and Shaikh Yahya Bin Abdullah Al Fanah Al Oraimi, Sultanate’s ambassador to the Iran.
The audience was attended from the Iranian side by Thamar Hashemi, Special Assistant to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Qasimi, Oil Minister, Nikzad, Roads and Urban Development Minister, Amir-Abdollahian, Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary, Hussain Nosh Abadi, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Sultanate, Mudhafar Tarabi, Adviser to the First Vice-president and Supervisor of the First Vice-President Office and a number of Iranian officials.
Earlier in the day Sayyid Fahd Bin Mahmoud Al Saeed, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers hosted an official luncheon in honour of Dr. Rahimi and the delegation accompanying him at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel.
