Badr Al-Busaidi, Oman's Foreign Minister, called recent war a crisis

Oman’s Foreign Minister, Badr Al Busaidi, in an op-ed in the French newspaper Le Monde, described the recent war between the United States, Israel, and Iran as a crisis whose consequences extend beyond the parties involved and also affect the people of Oman and the Arab states of the Gulf. In this piece, he called the policy of containing Iran, pursued since 1979, a myth and stressed the need to establish a new order in the region.

• Oman’s Foreign Minister, Badr Al Busaidi, has published an op-ed in the French newspaper Le Monde.
• He described the recent war between the United States, Israel, and Iran as a crisis.
• The Omani Foreign Minister believes that the consequences of this crisis are not limited to the parties involved.
• He noted that the people of Oman and the Arab states of the Gulf are also paying the costs of this crisis.
• Badr Al Busaidi emphasized that the main goal should not be merely a temporary halt to the fighting.
• He called for a genuine end to the war and the creation of a lasting mechanism to prevent its recurrence.
• The Omani Foreign Minister wrote that even with the possibility of renewed hostilities, lessons must be learned from this crisis.
• He stressed the need to focus on building a new regional order rather than repeating past mistakes.
• A major part of Badr Al Busaidi’s op-ed is devoted to criticizing the policy of containing Iran.
• He described the policy of containing Iran, pursued since 1979, as a myth.. Coverage difference: BBC Persian explicitly referred in its headline to the “myth of containing Iran,” whereas BBC (Telegram) did not include this in the headline and addressed it only in the summary. BBC (Telegram) included more details from the op-ed, including the emphasis on a real end to the war and the creation of a lasting mechanism, in its summary.