Muscat: Cooperation in maritime borders will be discussed among hosts of other topics of mutual interests as Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, who arrived in Muscat on a two-day visit on Sunday, holds talks with His Omani counter part and other senior officials.
The Iranian minister, who was received on his arrival by Sayyid Saud Bin Ibrahim Al Busaidi, Oman's Minister of Interior, is scheduled to talk with senior Omani officials on ways to tighten security and improve bilateral cooperation.
According to Iranian news agency Irna, Mohammad Najjar will also call on Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed during his two-day stay in Oman.
Speaking to media before leaving for Muscat, the Iranina Minister said, "The visit is aimed at following up security agreements (already signed between the two countries) and activating security committees."
He also referred to the strategic geographical position of Iran and Oman in the Strait of Hormuz.
"Sixty percent of the world's energy pass through this strait and Iran and Oman play a significant role in tightening security of the energy passage," he said.
The Iranian minister noted that Tehran and Muscat enjoy cooperation in the fields of transportation, transit and energy and added that border cooperation, health, legal and judicial aid and shipping are among other issues to be raised in talks with Omani officials.
Mohammad Najjar also praised growing trade ties between Iran and Oman and expressed hope the visit would open a new chapter in mutual relations.
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also due to arrive in Oman, as part of her tour of the Gulf region.
It is reported that she would bid to tighten sanctions against Iran and win greater support from allies for Iraq's new government.
She is scheduled to vist the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman and Qatar during her five-day tour of the region. Clinton will also urge the region to cooperate more to advance democratic, economic and social reforms, an unmade officials was quoted by a news agency.
It is her second trip to the Gulf region in around a month, following her visit to Bahrain in early December.
A senior State Department official told reporters Clinton would ask Gulf Arab leaders for insight into events in Iran, which is just across the Gulf, and discuss how to make progress in new multilateral nuclear talks.
