Badr Albusaidi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi on Monday and discussed the West Asia situation and the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea.

Seven Indian sailors were among 14 foreigners released on Sunday from the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital of Sanaa, Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said.

Oman, a Gulf state which helped host some of the diplomacy that led to this week's framework Iranian nuclear deal, welcomed the agreement on today far more warmly than its sceptical Arab neighbours.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi on Monday and discussed the West Asia situation and the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea.

Seven Indian sailors were among 14 foreigners released on Sunday from the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital of Sanaa, Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said.

Oman, a Gulf state which helped host some of the diplomacy that led to this week's framework Iranian nuclear deal, welcomed the agreement on today far more warmly than its sceptical Arab neighbours.