Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a planned meeting in Oman on Monday will focus on a new maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
Araghchi told the London-based Arabic-language news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that the meeting will be held in the Omani city of Salalah with the participation of Iran, Iraq and five Gulf countries.
He said the gathering was initially envisaged as a meeting of eight countries bordering the Gulf, but Bahrain had decided not to participate, leaving seven countries at the talks.
“The main, and indeed the only, agenda of this meeting is the new maritime route in the Strait of Hormuz,” Araghchi said.
He said Tehran and Muscat had finalized an agreement on establishing the new maritime route and had prepared maps and a joint statement outlining the arrangements.
