Kathmandu, Aug 27: Visiting Oman’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi, today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

During the meeting held at the Singha Durbar-based Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, matters relating to bilateral interest and mutual concerns and benefits were discussed, according to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.

Prime Minister’s chief advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal and Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal were also present in the meeting.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman arrived here on Monday on a two-day official visit, at the invitation of Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba.

Nepal and Oman had established diplomatic ties on January 21, 1977.