The sultanate of Oman on Wednesday announced it will open an embassy in the West Bank, in the city of Ramallah.
A tweet from the Omani Foreign Ministry announced the embassy plans. The ministry said the decision comes "in continuation of the sultanate's support for the Palestinian people."
The tweet did not specify when the embassy would be expected to open.
Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, runs its own foreign policy, often at odds with its Gulf Arab neighbors, such as maintaining close ties to Iran.
Sultan Qaboos bin Said also hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last October – the first visit by an Israeli leader in over 20 years. In 1996, Prime Minister Shimon Peres visited Oman.
In April, Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi urged Palestinians to reassure Israel that it is not under threat in the Middle East.
