OMAN WELCOMES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE, WARSAW PSI

S E C R E T MUSCAT 000953 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR PM/RSAT, NEA/IR, AND NEA/ARP DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR ISN/CPI (MSTUMPF),ISN, AND T E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/12/2026 TAGS: PREL PTER MOPS MARR MU SUBJECT: OMAN WELCOMES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE, WARSAW PSI EVENT REF: A. SECSTATE 94092 ¶B. MUSCAT 945 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i., William R. Stewart. Reason: 1.4 (b, d). ¶1. (S) Charge delivered ref A non-paper and talking points June 12 in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Sayyid Badr welcomed the initiative to establish the Gulf Security Dialogue, and said he would review the points presented in the non-paper. ¶2. (SBU) Recalling Sayyid Badr's May 16 conversation with visiting PM A/S Hillen, Charge reiterated the USG's urging that Oman send a representative to the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) High-Level Political Event hosted by Poland in Warsaw. Sayyid Badr promised to give the invitation serious consideration. A few hours later, the MFA's Disarmament Affairs officer called P/E Chief to confirm that Sayyid Badr had authorized International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib Miran al-Raisi to attend the Warsaw PSI function. MFA will instruct the Omani mission in Riyadh to work with Poland's embassy there to facilitate travel arrangements. STEWART