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Oman Urges Gulf, Iraq, Iran to Sign Pact

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026, 06:22 UTC · How we work

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Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi urged Gulf states, Iraq and Iran to sign a non-aggression pact.
He delivered the appeal at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom on Monday.
The US-Israel war on Iran, which began on 28 February, has hit Gulf economies.
By late March the war erased over $120 bn from the UAE’s market capitalisation.
It also forced cancellation of more than 18,400 regional flights.

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Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi urged Gulf states, Iraq and Iran to sign a non-aggression pact.
He delivered the appeal at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom on Monday.
The US-Israel war on Iran, which began on 28 February, has hit Gulf economies.
By late March the war erased over $120 bn from the UAE’s market capitalisation.
It also forced cancellation of more than 18,400 regional flights.