Once in Oman: How will secret visit to Asia affect Zelensky’s ranking?
Author : Natalia Lebed
Source : 112 Ukraine
Yes, our guarantor has left for a distant and (let’s be honest) hardly noticeable in terms of world geopolitics country. According to political analyst Kyrylo Sazonov, “the funniest joke I heard about this is“ he went to Bukovel to ski, slipped, lost consciousness, then woke up in Oman.†But why being in Oman is so funny and what is Volodymyr Zelensky doing there?
10:38, 8 January 2020
Open source
"What the hell are you doing on these galleys?"
January 5, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky "found himself" in Oman. Not that we would have lost him, but what the head of state did after the New Year celebration (which he spent in his native Ukrainian Carpathians) was unknown. It turned out - he was packing his purple t-shirt and his favorite cap (familiar to us from his vacation on the Odesa beach) in order to fly away from the slushy Kyiv winter.
The first portal published information about Oman trip was Strana.ua. It also posted a picture where the president is having breakfast with the unknown person, visible only from the back. Insiders of the portal reported: the president settled near the capital of Oman - the city of Muscat, in the 5-star Al Bustan Palace Ritz-Carlton Hotel. A day of living there costs 4000 thousand euros - almost as much as the Ze-team promised the average teacher as a monthly salary.
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For the most part, the expert community is unanimous that Zelensky’s business negotiations in Oman are just a fig leaf for covering up the presidential shame. And even this leaf was chosen unsuccessfully and unprofessionally. Because Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah is one of those officials in Oman who supported Iran in the conflict with the United States that arose because of the liquidation of General Qassim Suleimani. It is unlikely that this moment will make a deep impression on the White House, although there is still a risk of deterioration of the already difficult relations with Washington.
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I want to try to see if the new Sultan of Oman after the passing of Qaboos, is this guy underlined in red. And NO, it is not, the new Sultan's name is
Haitham bin Tariq al-Said. So, I think this was a sort of work vacation, somewhat interesting. Nice hotel... but they have some of these classy looking 5-star hotels over there, Oman must not be too bad off.
