HH Sayyid Asa'ad arrives in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: HH Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tarik Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs and Personal Representative of His Majesty the Sultan arrived at Malaysia to chair the Sultanate of Oman's delegation at the GCC-ASEAN Summit and the GCC-ASEAN-China Summit, scheduled to be held on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur.
Upon HH Sayyid Asa'ad and his accompanying delegation's arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, they were received by Fahmi Fadzil, Malaysia's Minister of Communications, Dato Yubazlan bin Haji Yusof, Malaysia's Chief of Protocol, Sheikh Al Abbas Ibrahim Al Harthy, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to Malaysia, several members of the embassy and a number of Malaysian officials.
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