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Pompeo thanks Oman for "strategic partnership" with US

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (KUNA) -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke Friday with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Abdullah to thanked him for Muscat's "longtime friendship and strategic partnership" with the US, as well as Oman's "engagement on the region's most challenging issues." State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement that "on Yemen, the Secretary and the Foreign Minister agreed on the urgent need for a cessation of hostilities." The statement added that Pompeo and his Omani counterpart "reaffirmed the importance of all parties working toward a political agreement to end the conflict and bring peace, prosperity, and security to Yemen." (end) si.hm