India, July 24 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi and discussed the West Asia crisis as well as the evolving regional landscape.

Jaishankar, who is in the Philippine capital Manila, also met with the foreign ministers of the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea and Brunei, as well as other leaders on the sidelines of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The external affairs minister also called on the Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr . Jaishankar's meeting with Al Busaidi came amid renewed tensions in West Asia with the US and Iran escalating military activity. While American forces are targeting Iran's bridges, water des...