Muscat, Oman, April 12, 2026 (AFP) - Oman FM says success in US-Iran talks may require 'painful concessions'

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Oman's foreign minister on Sunday called for more talks between Iran and the US and for the ceasefire to be extended, hours after negotiations failed to reach a deal during a high-stakes meeting in Pakistan. "I urge that the ceasefire be extended and talks continue," Badr al-Busaidi wrote in a post on X. "Success may require everyone to make painful concessions, but this is nothing as compared to the pain of failure and war." bur-ds/axn ...

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