Netanyahu's visit to Oman

Zionist regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a rare visit to Oman, as regional Arab countries are apparently seeking to warm their relations with the Tel Aviv regime after reports of secret contacts.

According to Press TV, in a footage released by Omani state TV on Friday, Netanyahu is seen greeted by Oman's Sultan Sayyid Qaboos bin Said Al Said at the Bait al-Barakah Royal Palace in the coastal city of Seeb near the capital Muscat.

Zionist regime’s English-language daily newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported that the two men discussed ways to advance the so-called Middle East peace process as well as a number of issues of mutual interest with regard to the region’s stability.

It's the first meeting of this kind since 1996. Oman and Zionist regime reportedly had economic ties, but no diplomatic relations, in the aftermath of the 1993 Oslo Accord.

The rare visit came days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Qaboos on a three-day visit to the Persian Gulf Arab country. 

Earlier this year, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi made a rare visit by such a senior Arab official to al-Aqsa Mosque in al-Quds.

Among Arab countries, Zionist regime has diplomatic relations only with Egypt and Jordan, but there have been numerous reports of growing contacts between Saudi and Israeli officials too.

Saudi Arabia has hostile ties with resistance movements in the Palestinian territories, including Hamas which is fighting the Israeli occupation.

Netanyahu's unpublicized visit to Oman came on the same day as Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to accompany Israel’s judo team at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2018.

Regev arrived in Abu Dhabi on Friday morning, and she is scheduled to participate in the opening ceremony of the international event at the Emirati capital’s Zayed Sports City tomorrow, Palestinian Arabic-language Ma’an news agency reported.

Her visit to the UAE marks the first of its kind by an Israeli minister to a Persian Gulf littoral state.

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