US defence secretary begins official visit to Sultanate

MUSCAT: Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defence of the United States, and his delegation arrived here on Sunday on an official several-day visit to the Sultanate. The guest was received at Al Seeb Air Base by Brigadier Saleh bin Ahmed al Hinai, Head of the Military Protocols and Public Relations at COSAF, the US Ambassador to the Sultanate, the Military Attaché at the Sultanate’s Embassy in Washington, and the Military Attaché at the US Embassy in Muscat. — ONA