Oman

[oh-mahn]

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Formerly Muscat and Oman.��Sultanate of Oman, an independent sultanate in southeastern Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Muscat.
Gulf of Oman, a northwestern arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.

Oman

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Former name (until 1970): Muscat and Oman.��a sultanate in SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea: the most powerful state in Arabia in the 19th century, ruling Zanzibar, much of the Persian coast, and part of Pakistan. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: rial. Capital: Muscat. Pop: 3 154 134 (2013 est). Area: about 306 000 sq km (118 150 sq miles)

Oman

Kingdom on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula on the Arabian Sea, bordered to the northwest by the United Arab Emirates, the west by Saudi Arabia, and the southwest by Yemen. Oman includes a tip of land on one side of the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.

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Strategically located on trading and military routes between the Persian Gulf and Asia and east Africa, Oman has been occupied by the Portuguese, the Turks, and the Persians; since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has maintained close relations with Britain.

Oman began exporting oil in 1967.

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Washington DC and Tehran were due to resume talks on Iran's nuclear programme on Sunday, but the talks have now been cancelled, mediator Oman said.

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The US still plans to hold scheduled talks with Iranian officials in Oman on Sunday.

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The next round of those talks, mediated by Oman, is expected to take place on Sunday, although there is intense speculation that Israel may be preparing its own military strikes on Iran.

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Talks between the two powers mediated by Oman have been under way since April.

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US President Donald Trump said last week that Iran had "sort of" agreed to the terms of a deal following four rounds of talks mediated by Oman since 12 April.

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