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Foreign Minister meets Sultan Haitham to condole Sultan Qaboos demise
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Foreign Minister meets Sultan Haitham to condole Sultan Qaboos demise in Muscat.
Foreign Minister meets Sultan Haitham
The Foreign Minister conveyed special messages from the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan to him.
Pakistan share grief
However, FM stated that with the passing away of Sultan Qaboos, Oman has lost a wise and sagacious ruler and a visionary leader
Oman will continue to prosper
Sultan Haitham expressed sincere thanks to the leadership and people of Pakistan.
Sultan Haitham affirmed
Sultan Qaboos
Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said passed away Friday. The Arab world’s longest-serving ruler aged 79.
He maintained the country’s neutrality in regional struggles.
Gulf state Oman’s high military council began the process to choose his successor.
Oman declared three days of official mourning with flags flown at half-mast for 40 days.
Qaboos, 79, had ruled since taking over in a bloodless coup in 1970 with the help of former colonial power Britain.
State news agency ONA did not give any cause of death, but Qaboos had been unwell for years.
However, he also had spent a week in Belgium undergoing medical treatment in early December.
Qaboos had no children and had not publicly appointed a successor.
A 1996 statute says the ruling family will choose a successor within three days of the throne becoming vacant.
The high military council issued a statement which state media carried on Saturday.
New Sultan
Oman named Haitham bin Tariq al Said as new Sultan who is cousin of Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said.
In posts on their Twitter accounts on Saturday, Omani newspapers Al Watan and Al Roya reported it.
They broke the story that Minister of Heritage and Culture Haitham bin Tariq was taking the oath of allegiance as sultan.