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Saudi FM Adel al-Jubeir held talks in Oman on the conflicts in Syria and Yemen where Riyadh has taken sides.

Jubeir and his Omani counterpart Yussef bin Alawi reviewed "the situation in Syria and Yemen and means of strengthening cooperation" among the six Arab Gulf states.

Unlike its Gulf neighbors, Oman maintains good ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is also the region's only Arab monarchy not to have cut ties with Damascus.
Saudi Arabia has taken a role, supplying arms to terrorist militant groups and leading an Arab coalition battling resistance in Yemen.

Alawi, for his part, said the sultanate was "exerting diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful solution in Syria and Yemen."

Oman is seeking, through calm diplomacy, "rapprochement among all parties to achieve long-lasting political solutions", according to Alawi, who met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus last month.

His visit to Damascus had been "necessary", Alawi said, adding that the meeting with Jubeir had been scheduled before his talks with al-Assad.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team