Israeli team in Oman for 'secret' talks

In an apparent fence-mending attempt, a high-level Israeli team has reportedly held closed-door talks with state officials in Oman.

The group has traveled to the Omani capital of Muscat, allegedly to attend an environmental summit, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

The leading official with the group, Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Yossi Gal, met with Oman's foreign minister, Yusuf Bin Alawi.

On the visit, Gal is joined by the Israeli foreign ministry's deputy director for Middle East affairs, Yaakov Hadas, and other high-ranking officials.

Reports say that the Israeli mission has expressed Tel Aviv's readiness to make concessions in favor of enterprise development. Iran's nuclear activities had also reportedly come up during the meeting.

The first Israeli licentiate in the Persian Gulf was established after Oman agreed to host the Israeli trade representative office in 1996.

Muscat hoped the move would help advance the Middle East peace process. The office, however, was closed in 2000 amid recurrent Israeli disregard for Palestinian demands. Israel branded the decision as a non-contributory factor to peace.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112082§ionid=351020205.