Ministerial visits from the UK to Oman

This file concerns ministerial visits to Oman. It contains arrangements, correspondence and memoranda relating to:

• The UK Energy Secretary Peter Walker’s intention to visit Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE
• The Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Saeed’s wish for the UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine to visit Oman; and Heseltine’s intention to visit Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Oman
• The UK Minister for the Armed Forces John Stanley's visit to Oman. It includes an itinerary for his visit; his conversation with the Omani Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defence Sayyed Fahr Bin Taimur; his conversation with the Omani Foreign Minister Yusif Bin Alawi Bin Abdulla; and his meeting with the Sultan
• The Omani Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Saeed Bin Ahmad Al Shanfari’s visit to the UK
• Anglo-Omani relations
• Unfavourable press reports in the UK on Oman
• UK defence sales to Oman
• The establishment of an air exclusion zone in the Northern Gulf by Saudi Arabia
• The US’s intention to withdraw its Seventh Carrier Battle Group from the Indian Ocean
• The Sultan’s Armed Forces’ dependence on British loan service personnel and 'Omanisation'
• The Iran-Iraq War
• The Department of Trade and Industry’s suggestion that the Housing Minister Ian Gow visit Oman to support British contractors
• A list of ministerial visits taking place in 1984.