Muscat, June 29 -- As the US-Israeli war on Iran entered its 122nd day on Monday, June 29, Iranian and Omani officials met in Muscat for the inaugural session of a joint committee on the Strait of Hormuz, marking a new step in bilateral consultations on the future of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, said the meeting was held with Oman's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Abdulaziz Al-Hinai.

In a post on X, Gharibabadi said the two sides reviewed developments concerning the strategic waterway and discussed its future governance under paragraph five of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, while reaffirming the sovereign rights of the coastal states.

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