Tehran, May 04: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has left Tehran for Muscat on a formal day-long visit to hold talks with senior Omani officials.
Salehi is scheduled to exchange views with Omani Foreign Minister Youssef bin Alawi bin Abdullah on the latest developments in the Middle East and ways to improve Tehran-Muscat relations, IRNA reported on Wednesday.
The top Iranian diplomat is accompanied by Mohammad Karami-Rad, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) and Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the director general of the Persian Gulf and Middle East Affairs Department of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
At the end of his visit to Oman, Salehi is expected to leave Muscat for the Turkish capital of Ankara.
On Monday, the Iranian foreign minister paid an official one-day visit to Qatar, where he held talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani on regional developments and bilateral ties.
——–Agencies