Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2020 to Question 3169 on Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, what the composition was of the three UK delegations to the coronation of the Sultan of Oman; and if he will publish the documents relating to that coronation.

There were no foreign governments present when His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq assumed his position. On 12 January 2020, three delegations from the United Kingdom offered condolences to His Majesty Sultan Haitham.

HRH The Prince of Wales was accompanied by his Deputy Private Secretary, Scott Furssedonn-Wood; Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Muscat, Hamish Cowell CMG; and the Director-General for Political Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Richard Moore CMG.

The Prime Minister was accompanied by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Muscat and other officials from No. 10.

The Secretary of State for Defence was accompanied by the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Defence Senior Adviser for the Middle East, officials from the British Embassy in Muscat and officials from the Ministry of Defence.

There are no official documents relating to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq assuming his position.