Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has held talks in Oman, during which security in the Strait of Hormuz and broader Gulf waters and diplomatic efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran were discussed, reports Reuters, citing an Iranian foreign ministry statement.

In talks in Muscat with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al Said, Araqchi said the US military presence in the Middle East was fuelling insecurity and division and called for a regional security framework free of outside interference.