Oman–Syria relations

Oman-Syria relations

Oman
Syria
Diplomatic Mission
Embassy of Syria in Muscat Embassy of Oman in Damascus
Envoy
Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Foreign Minister Walid Mualem

Oman–Syria relations refer to the relationship between the Sultanate of Oman and the Syrian Arab Republic. Oman has an embassy in Damascus; while Syria has an embassy in Muscat. Both are members of the Arab League (Syria was temporarily suspended in 2012), and despite the ongoing civil war occurring in Syria, Oman has not closed its embassy in Syria and both countries maintain diplomatic relations, in sharp contraction to other Gulf states who have cut off diplomatic ties with Syria and closed their embassies.

Syrian Civil War

Following the outbreak of the currently ongoing Syrian Civil War, gulf powers including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain were quick to declare their opposition for the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, setting out to isolate the Syrian government by cutting off diplomatic ties, closing down their embassies, expelling Syria from the Arab League and imposing heavy economic sanctions.[1] A notable exception in the policies of the gulf states was Oman, who not only refused to close down their embassies and cut off diplomatic ties, but also refused to support the Syrian opposition, with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah stating that Oman’s role in the conflict would strictly be constrained to humanitarian assistance in sharp contraction to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.[1]

In August 2015, Oman invited Syrian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Walid Muallem to Muscat to meet with his Omani counterpart, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah.[1][2][3] In October of that same year, Omani Foreign Minister traveled to Damascus, meeting with the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad himself to discuss Syria's ongoing civil war and defeating terrorism while assuring Oman's commitment to Syrian unity and sovereignty, with foreign minister Alawi saying that Oman "continues to exert every possible effort to help find a solution that would end the crisis in Syria,".[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Opinion: Oman Set to Play Big Role in Post-War Syria". Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Gladstone, Rick (6 August 2015). "Syrian Official's Visit to Oman May Signal a Diplomatic Opening". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Syrian FM in rare Oman visit amid heightened diplomacy". Reuters. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Omani foreign minister meets Syria's Assad: state TV". Reuters. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Oman's foreign minister meets Syria's Bashar al-Assad in Damascus". Al-Araby. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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