MUSCAT: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, on Sunday received Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for South Asia, the Middle East and the United Nations at the United Kingdom’s (UK) Office of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
The two officials reviewed aspects of bilateral cooperation and means of enhancing them. They also touched on joint business, investment and culture programmes aimed to enhance cooperation and serve the two countries’ mutual interests.
They also exchanged regional and international matters of common interest and underscored the importance of backing all peaceful efforts, with the prime aim of consolidating stability in the region and the world at large.
VISITS OHRC: Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, also visited the Oman Human Rights Comission (OHRC) and met with Shaikh Abdullah bin Shuwain al Hosni, Chairman of OHRC (pictured).
The OHRC chairman briefed the guest on the tasks of the OHRC in Oman and its relation with regional and international organisations in the field of human rights.
The guest expressed his delight in visiting the OHRC. He also affirmed the importance of cooperation and coordination in matters related to human rights cases. The guest welcomed further cooperation between OHRC and authorities concerned with human rights at the UK. — ONA
