Oman’s New Ruler Backs Policy
January 11, 2020
5:20 pm
Oman’s new royal ruler pledged Saturday to follow the non-interference policy that made the kingdom a vital regional mediator under his late cousin Sultan Qaboos who reigned for half a century.
Haitham bin Tariq, the culture minister, was sworn in shortly after modern Oman’s founding father was laid to rest after his death on Friday at the age of 79.
“We will follow the path of the late sultan,” Haitham, 65, said in his first public speech which was aired live on state television.
He expressed support for “our country’s foreign policy of peaceful living among nations and peoples…
