Sultan Qaboos ‘in a stable condition’

Sultan Qaboos is in a stable condition after recently travelling to Belgium for a medical check-up, Oman’s royal court said yesterday.

“The Sultan is in a stable condition and following a scheduled treatment programme,” the official ONA news agency quoted the royal court as saying.

“The Sultan thanks his people all around the world for sharing their good wishes and prayers for him.” The court announced on December 7 that Sultan Qaboos, 79, was travelling to Belgium for “a limited period of time”, but did not give details on his condition.

He returned to Oman but rumours soon spread that he faced a relapse.