MUSCAT – Omani Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary for Diplomatic Affairs Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy met on Monday with Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman Amit Narang, Oman News reported.
Al Harthy expressed Oman’s condemnation of the insulting remarks made about the Prophet Mohammed, Islam and Muslims by an official in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Al Harthy also reiterated Oman’s rejection of insulting all religious symbols. He pointed out that such comments and incidents do not serve peaceful coexistence among peoples of different religions and only cause public outrage.
He also expressed Oman’s welcome of the statement issued by the ruling party in India which announced the suspension of the official who made the insulting remarks.