Muscat: Sayyid Badr Hamad al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, held on Thursday a session of political talks with Dr Riyad Najeeb al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine.
The session reviewed the bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and means of promoting them. It also discussed the recent developments in Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Sayyid Badr underscored the solidarity of the Sultanate’s government and people with Palestine, reiterating the Sultanate’s constant stance that supports the Palestinian cause in establishing an independent country with East Jerusalem as its capital, as per the two-state solution and the relevant international resolutions.
From his side, the Palestinian Minister conveyed thanks and appreciation of the Palestinian leadership and people for the Sultanate’s supporting stance of their cause and the Palestinian people’s right in establishing an independent state. He also applauded the Sultanate’s condemnation of the Israeli assaults, in addition to the efforts the Sultanate exerted with the Arab and international parties in a bid to achieve peace based on international law principles and the two-state solution.
The meeting was attended by Tayseer Jaradat, Palestine’s Ambassador to the Sultanate and a number of officials from both sides. --ONA
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