{"id":51521,"date":"2026-07-23T15:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/51521\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:39:55","slug":"%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%af-%d9%88%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%82%d9%8a-%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%87-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/51521\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister meets UK counterpart in Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/ministry\/about-us\/key-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Minister, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi,<\/a> met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/ed-miliband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Miliband, the United Kingdom&#8217;s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs,<\/a> in Manila on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/asean.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The meeting reviewed ways to further strengthen the longstanding strategic relationship between the Sultanate of Oman and the United Kingdom, and to build on the existing cooperation across areas of shared priority.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1201471396  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51516 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:cDeu.26c1\/w:811\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/UK-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Minister meets UK counterpart in Manila\" width=\"811\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:cDeu.26c1\/w:811\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/UK-2-1.jpeg 811w, 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