El Sisi meets with Sultan of Oman in first official visit to Muscat

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Muscat yesterday on his first official visit to the Sultanate, according to an Ittihadiya statement (pdf). El Sisi and Qaboos discussed ways to improve bilateral relations “across various fields,” including trade and economic cooperation, as well as counterterrorism. The two leaders also exchanged views about the crises in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, as well as political developments in Lebanon.