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The new deal will provide the basis for enhanced political dialogue and strengthened co-operation, according to a statement issued by Mogherini.

Those “issues of mutual interest” include the Qatar crisis, relations with Iran and efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Yemen war.

Inside Yemen, intense clashes continue in Aden, Taiz and Marib.

Long a peaceful youth movement, the group in Aden’s Mansoura district has taken up arms to push back against Houthi elements and their allies.

will have overcome challenges comparable to those faced by Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said in his first five years in office – when he had to deal with the Dhofar Rebellion and the need to rapidly

On its south-western border, Oman sees the Yemen war as worsening rather than coming to a conclusion.

Yemen, Iraq and Syria, Washington also needs to keep Gulf leaders on side. deal in the next couple of months.

Despite UN-sponsored talk of peace the conflict grinds on.

Muscat said it had responded to a US request to deal with the issue and received “a highly valued response from authorities in Sanaa.

The UAE and Oman sent lower-level representatives, with UAE deputy prime minister and finance minister Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum heading his country’s team and Oman represented

Previous efforts to agree a deal ran from 1990-2008, but were suspended over the issue of human rights.

A consignment of 52 Iranian-made Dehlavieh anti-tank missiles has been intercepted at the Al-Mazyunah border crossing between Oman and Yemen.

The decision to try sending the missiles across the Oman land border may be indicative of the pressure that Houthi forces are under in trying to maintain their positions in Marib and Hajjah provinces.

We seek peace and hope that the war will end, as many children, women and the elderly have been killed.

The main obstacle to peace in Yemen is the Houthi group, the proxy of Iran, which seeks to settle its nuclear file through the results of the conflict in Yemen,” he said.

over the next four years, in what could turn out to be some of the largest peace-time defence deals in history.

battles against Houthi rebels in Yemen as being more pressing than the threat from Iran.

Saudi Arabia remains the dominant actor in relation to Yemen, and Al-Alimi has struggled to attract wider financial and security backing.

Muscat is said to be fatigued by its hosting of the Houthi delegation and peace negotiations.

Influential Houthi leader Hassan Ali Al-Emad was arrested after crossing into Yemen via Oman’s Al-Mazyunah border checkpoint on 25 August, under a false identity; he had attempted to disguise that

He divided his time thereafter between his Iranian wife and home in Tehran with proselytising and political work in Yemen, supported by Iranian charities linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps

Bold said the UK was “protecting money” for Griffiths’ peace effort (in the “low millions” of pounds), which was seen as “a very high return on our investment”.

Aron also observed that Oman under Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said was playing a more active role in resolving the conflict.

When it came to Yemen, GCC ministers meeting in Riyadh in mid-February had warned that, if the United Nations did not intervene to get Yemen’s GCC-sponsored peace process back on track, the Gulf

“We recommend all parties in Yemen return to calm and dialogue,” he said. Should the sides be serious, Oman could potentially have a mediating role a play.

to start his rule Rumours about Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said’s health and imminent death had become a staple of political analysis about Oman and the wider region, reflecting his longstanding

This is a well-established role that Oman will likely continue to play, in live disputes involving Iran, Qatar and Yemen.

Hadi has hung on, supported by Saudi Arabia and an international mandate, while Yemen has collapsed. Despite efforts by the UN and others to foster peace, the conflict grinds on.

Grundberg said the situation offered “a moment of respite for Yemenis, and a moment of possibility for pursuing peace.