Oman will open an embassy in the Palestinian Territories in support of the Palestinian people, its Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, in a first for a Gulf state. “Continuing Oman’s support for the Palestinian people, the Sultanate of Oman has decided to open a diplomatic mission at the level of embassy in the State of Palestine,” the ministry said on Twitter. The announcement coincided with the second day of the US-led economic workshop in Bahrain to unveil the financial portion of the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Muscat sent no official representatives. Oman was the first Gulf state to host an Israeli prime minister, with Binyamin Netanyahu visiting in October 2018. A week later, Oman’s state minister for foreign affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, held talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Muscat has a history of mediating regional disputes, such as US-Iranian tensions and the conflict in Yemen.
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