Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi has met the International Maritime Organisation’s Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez and discussed the current maritime navigation challenges in the region and the Strait of Hormuz, according to Al Jazeera.

According to the foreign ministry, Al-Busaidi affirmed the necessity of abiding by international law and the law of the sea “as well as the endeavours being made to address them through amicable and peaceful means in cooperation with all relevant parties”.