Sayyid Badr holds talks with a number of counterparts

Muscat: Diplomatic contacts by Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, continue amid regional developments.

Over the past week he held a series of telephone calls with counterparts in sisterly and friendly countries.

The discussions addressed developments in the region, particularly the US Iranian announcement of a ceasefire. The talks also reviewed the need to support current mediation efforts and to consolidate the ceasefire, leading to understandings that end the existing hostility and all acts of violence and fighting.

The calls included:

Jarrah Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Foreign Minister of the State of Kuwait

Jean Noel Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic

Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary and Minister for Development of the United Kingdom

Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation

José Manuel Albares, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain

Mohamad Hasan, Foreign Minister of Malaysia

Tom Berendsen, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Paulo Rangel, Foreign Minister of the Portuguese Republic

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cuba

Hugo de Zela, Foreign Minister of Peru

Toshimitsu Motegi, Foreign Minister of Japan

Javier Martínez Acha Vásquez, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Panama

The calls also included:

Khaled El Enany, Director General of UNESCO

Yasutoshi Nishimura, Member of the Japanese Parliament, President of the Oman Japan Association and President of the Parliamentary Friendship Association with the Sultanate of Oman.