Oman: Kerry visits ailing Qaboos


Issue 985 - 22 Jan 2015 | 2 minute read

US secretary of state John Kerry spent around 90 minutes with Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said on 10 January in Munich, where Qaboos is believed to be having treatment for cancer. The meeting was initially billed as a private affair; in a brief comment on Twitter, Kerry said he was “grateful for strong friendship”, and a State Department statement said he had broken his journey to India “to express gratitude for their long-standing and strong relationship”.

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