Subtle message is that Iran is the problem and Muscat’s gesture is good for the Middle East
At the 14th annual International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue, a three-day summit which opened in Bahrain on Friday, a list of impressive speakers from the Middle East spoke about developments in the region. Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs gave a speech on behalf of King Abdullah II of Jordan. He argued passionately for a two-state solution. “Israel is in the Middle East but it is yet to be of the Middle East,” he said in response to a question, according to Reuters correspondent Amena Bakr. However Oman, which hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a surprise visit last week, said that it was time for Israel to be accepted in the Middle East. “Israel is a state in the region, and we all understand this,” Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Oman’s minister of foreign affairs told the audience. “We are not saying that the road is now easy and paved with flowers, but our priority is to put an end to the conflict and move to a new world,” he said.
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