{"id":26764,"date":"2025-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/26764\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:18:55","slug":"his-majesty-meets-uk-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/26764\/","title":{"rendered":"His Majesty meets UK Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fm.gov.om\/about-oman\/state\/head-of-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik<\/a> met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/keir-starmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<\/a> (UK) at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office in London.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting reviewed aspects of existing cooperation and underscored a mutual commitment to strengthening the foundations of the strategic partnership between the UK and the Sultanate of Oman and to expanding its scope across various economic, investment, and trade sectors. This aligns with the shared interests and the aspirations of the peoples of both countries for further progress and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=227874811  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-87711 size-fusion-800\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/UK4-800x534-1.jpeg\" alt=\"His Majesty The Sultan meets UK Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The meeting also addressed several regional and international issues. His Majesty welcomed the United Kingdom\u2019s intention to recognise the Palestinian state, reaffirming Oman\u2019s steadfast support for all efforts leading to a just and comprehensive peace in accordance with international legitimacy and the two-state solution.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=383151065  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-87713 size-fusion-800\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/UK-800x553-1.jpeg\" alt=\"His Majesty The Sultan meets UK Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The UK Prime Minister expressed his country\u2019s deep appreciation for the constructive role of Oman, under the leadership of His Majesty, in advocating dialogue and peace, and enhancing regional and international security and stability.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=325210007  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/UK-2-800x1199-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-87709 size-fusion-800\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"His Majesty The Sultan meets UK Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"1199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended from Oman \u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/ministry\/about-us\/key-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, Foreign Minister;<\/a> Dr Hamad\u00a0 Alaufi, Head of the Private Office; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badr Almantheri, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From the UK it was attended by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/jonathan-powell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Powell, UK National Security Advisor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/ambassador-gb-embassy-in-om\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Liane Saunders, the UK&#8217;s Ambassador to Oman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a9%d9%8f-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8f%d9%91%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8f%d8%b9%d8%b8%d9%85-%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%82%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a9\/?lang=ar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meeting addressed regional and international issues, with His Majesty welcoming the UK&#8217;s intention to recognise the Palestinian state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,111],"tags":[256,359],"class_list":["post-26764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-news","tag-his-majesty-sultan-haitham-en","tag-united-kingdom-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26766,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26764\/revisions\/26766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}