His Majesty receives message from Lebanon

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received a written message from President Michel Aoun of the Lebanese Republic.

The message includes an invitation to participate in the 4th Arab Economic and Social Development Summit to be held in the Lebanese capital, Beirut in January 2019.

The message was received by His Highness Sayyid Asa’ad bin Tariq Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs, Personal Representative of His Majesty the Sultan, when he received in his office yesterday Gebran Bassil, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in the Lebanese Republic, Envoy of the Lebanese President, who conveyed greetings and best wishes of President Aoun to His Majesty the Sultan, the Government permanent success and the Omani people further progress and prosperity.

For his part, Sayyid Asa’ad asked the visiting minister to convey greetings and best wishes of His Majesty the Sultan to President Aoun, the Lebanese government permanent success and the brotherly Lebanese people further progress and prosperity.

Talks during the meeting dealt with the good bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and means of supporting and enhancing prospects of the existing cooperation between them.

The meeting was attended by the Secretary-General, the two advisers in the Office of Sayyid Asa’ad, and the Ambassador of the Lebanese Republic to the Sultanate.

Meeting with Alawi

Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs received Gebran Bassil, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in the Lebanese Republic. The meeting reviewed the cooperation between the two countries and means of enhancing them, it also exchanged viewpoints on several regional and international issues of common concern and the latest developments in the region.