Omani FM says shipping route through Hormuz Strait may soon be announced

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi during an official reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, Iran on August 25, 2026. [Iranian Presidency - Anadolu Agency]https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260825-42303175-42303174-OMANI_FOREIGN_MINISTER_BADR_ALBUSAIDI_IN_TEHRAN-1-1.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" width="1200" />
Oman is “hopeful” that a temporary shipping corridor through the Hormuz Strait will soon be announced, Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said Tuesday after meeting his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, in Tehran. “I am hopeful we will soon announce a temporary corridor for the Strait of Hormuz and practical arrangements to restore safe navigation,” al-Busaidi wrote in a social-media post. “Future management of the strait and a permanent solution will follow in due course, as per Article 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum,” he said.

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Earlier Tuesday, the state-run Oman News Agency […]

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