{"id":2139,"date":"2026-07-18T21:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vujic-geopolitika.com\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2026-07-18T21:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:26:35","slug":"oman-iz-buducnosti-avionska-linija-moskva-selala-od-septembra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vujic-geopolitika.com\/en\/2026\/07\/18\/oman-from-the-future-moscow-salalah-flight-from-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman from the future: Moscow-Salalah flight from September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official Muscat is pursuing course of diplomatic neutrality in line with Sultan Qaboos’ axiom: “A friend to all, an enemy to none.”<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Port of Salalah www.salalahport.com.om<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman, has been a “thorn in Washington’s side” for some time. Perhaps, starting with al-Busaidi’s decision to fly to the US capital without prior notice, immediately after the US-Iran round of negotiations at the Sultanate ambassador’s residence in Switzerland on February 27th<\/sup>  to meet with JD Vance, the US vice president. (https:\/\/wanaen.com\/oman-fms-unannounced-washington-visit-focuses-on-iran-talks\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

By the way, it was the day before the start of the armed conflict between Israel and the USA against Iran.<\/p>\n

“A peace deal is within reach… if we just give diplomacy the space it needs to get there. If the ultimate goal is to make sure Iran can’t have a nuclear bomb forever, I think we’ve solved that problem through these negotiations by agreeing to a very important breakthrough that has never been made before,” Al Busaidi said in an interview with CBS News in Washington. (https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/28\/peace-within-reach-as-iran-agrees-no-nuclear-material-stockpile-oman-fm<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Shortly after the conflict in the Persian Gulf began, Al Busaidi believed that the US “has lost control of its foreign policy, entering a war that is not its own” (https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260319-oman-fm-us-has-lost-control-of-foreign-policy-entered-war-that-is-not-its-own\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Then, at the end of June, al-Busaidi lamented that Oman and its neighbours in the Gulf had engaged in “a war that should never have happened”. (https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2026\/06\/29\/ormuz-oman-et-ses-voisins-du-golfe-emergent-d-une-guerre-qui-n-aurait-jamais-du-avoir-lieu_6716898_3210.html<\/a>?).<\/p>\n

These days, the head of Oman’s diplomacy called on all the countries on the shores of the Persian Gulf to shift their diplomatic focus towards the future.<\/p>\n

(https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2618221\/oman-fm-calls-iran-war-a-catastrophe-says-exposes-flaws-in-gulf-security-doctrine<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

But how do you get to the future, in a region where these days there is more and more shooting, and where the other day the Iranians also targeted the military stations of Oman – neighbour on the opposite side of the Strait of Hormuz? (https:\/\/iranwire.com\/en\/news\/155076-irgc-strikes-targets-in-oman-blasting-key-mediators-territory\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Here too, Oman adheres to the legendary diplomatic neutrality established by Sultan Qaboos ibn Said el Said (1940-2020).<\/p>\n

(https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/abs\/sultan-qaboos-and-modern-oman-19702020\/friend-to-all-enemy-to-none-omans-quiet-diplomacy-since-1970\/C97F3F52B1FCA66CB0C1<\/a>).<\/p>\n

“A friend to all, an enemy to none”\u2014was the axiom of Sultan Qaboos.<\/p>\n

From that angle, one could understand today’s announcement by “Oman Air”\u2014that from September, it is introducing a twice-weekly direct airline\u2014Moscow\u2014Salalah (on the photo) , a mega-port in the south of Oman, otherwise the birthplace of Sultan Qaboos, and the address of one of the active US military bases in the Sultanate. (https:\/\/www.muscatdaily.com\/2026\/07\/18\/salalah-to-welcome-new-flights-from-russia-kazakhstan\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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