Cairo, Jan 11, 2020, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Arab League Dr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed sincere condolences and sympathy to the royal family and people of the Sultanate of Oman as well as to the Arab and Islamic nations, on the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour. Aboul Gheit said in a statement here today that Sultan Qaboos has, since assuming power, adopted a separate line for his country, which has been spared by many crises and conflicts that have besieged the region, and played positive roles on the level of Arab diplomacy, as he sided with a clear bias for modernization and development, in his country, until it became what it is now of stability, prosperity and openness to the world. --SPA 20:42 LOCAL TIME 17:42 GMT 0014 www.spa.gov.sa/w1244524