Sayyid Fahd receives German Bishop

Muscat: His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers yesterday received Bishop Frank Otfried July, Chairperson of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (GNC/LWF), who is currently visiting the Sultanate.
After welcoming the guest and his accompanying delegation, Sayyid Fahd reviewed the Sultanate’s firm policy under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said that is based on the major interest of its foreign relations particularly in relation to encouraging rapprochement among religions, communication with civilisations, adopting understanding and dialogue with countries around the world in support for cooperation, peace and stability everywhere.
Bishop Frank hailed the good efforts of His Majesty and the moderate policy being pursued by the Sultanate, as well as extending a bridge of friendship for all nations, which gained the Sultanate esteem of all. The meeting was attended by Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Salmi, Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, Bernd Engler, President of Tuebingen University in Germany and Thomas Friedrich Schneider, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to the Sultanate.