Oman’s sultan, 79, travels to Belgium for medical checks
Posted Dec 7, 2019 12:09:49 PM.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Oman’s 79-year-old ruler will travel to Belgium for a medical checkup, the sultanate’s state-run news agency reported Saturday.
Sultan Qaboos bin Said left “for some medical checks that will take a limited period, God willing,” the Oman News Agency reported, citing a royal court statement. He has taken medical trips abroad in the past.
The sultan has ruled Oman since overthrowing his father in a bloodless 1970 coup. He has no known successor for his throne in Oman, a country on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula home to some 4.6 million people.
The Associated Press