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Oman expresses regret for attacks on Saudi oil facilities

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 17 Sep 2019

Oman expresses regret for attacks on Saudi oil facilities

Muscat (Xinhua/UNI) Sultanate of Oman on Monday expressed its "deep regret" that some oil facilities in Saudi Arabia were attacked.

The remarks were made in an official statement by the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


In the statement, the Sultanate has asked the Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General to Yemen Martin Griffith to invite all the parties to the war in Yemen to the negotiating table to agree to end the conflict.


In the statement, the Sultanate declares its readiness to support peace in Yemen.


Houthi groups in Yemen claimed responsibility for attacks on Aramco oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia on Saturday and said they had used 10 drones. 

Photo caption and credit: Giles Clarke/UN OCHA A military guard sits in the former Assembly Hall of the Governor of Saada. Since the Yemen conflict escalated in 2015, much of the city's infrastructure has been destroyed (file photo).