Oman Postpones Regional Meeting on Strait of Hormuz

Oman has postponed a regional meeting in Salalah on Strait of Hormuz navigation arrangements to a later date.

• Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said the meeting scheduled for Monday was postponed to a later date to achieve consensus and prepare conditions for constructive dialogue.
• An Iranian Foreign Ministry official said the postponement came at the request of some regional states and was decided jointly by Tehran and Muscat.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran's condition for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is the United States' return to its commitments under the Islamabad memorandum.
• Bahrain's Foreign Ministry said it will not join any meeting that includes Iran until diplomatic relations between the two countries are restored.