Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani has left Tehran for the capital of Oman to hold talks with officials of the Persian Gulf country.

Axar.az informs, citing IRNA, Larijani, accompanying a high-level delegation, departed for Muscat early on Tuesday. The discussions over the latest regional and international developments, as well as ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Iran and Oman are on the agenda.

During the trip, the top Iranian security official will also meet and hold talks with Haitham bin Tariq, Sultan of Oman, and Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister of the country.

The visit comes after the first round of indirect US-Iran talks in Muscat on nuclear issues and sanctions relief.