of oman is not as -- the topographic of oman is not what people think. we have the cultural everywhere in oman. we have a lot of mountains. and desert. it is a youthful country. >> what is the capital city of the sultanate of all man. what is the population? >> 600,000. >> 1/5 of the total population is there. what is the state, in your opinion, what is the state of relations between the sultanate of all man and taiwan? >> we are treated partners. we have been here for some time now. we are trying our best to promote corporation investments and trade in oman. we have been successful in some areas. the >> let me ask you, what are the areas attractive to taiwanese business people? >> i think most areas will be attracted -- attractive to the taiwanese. the taiwanese are reluctant to go other places and venture into new territories. the other reason is taiwanese investments are politically agreed. when it comes to countries outside of china. people go to china because of the cultural relations and language and so on. there is usually little political agreeme

oman, this has significance, this visit. significant. if you look at the stance of the syrian government, it has changed. now they are allowing the u.n. team to come to damascus. so, it is important and significant in this regard. however, we will really need to wait and see the outcome of the meeting when it happens between d team investigating allegations of chemical weapons with the syrian government. because what the u.n. is asking for is that access to all areas in syria in which the opposition are staying and claiming that the government forces used, cool weapons. at the moment, the government is allowing the u.n. to go to one area in which the government accuses the opposition of using chemical weapons against its own forces. we really need to wait and see the outcome of the meeting when it happens next week. >> how has the opposition reacted to the news? spoke with the syrian national coalition -- a spokesman for the syrian national coalition welcomed to visit and he said forces are willing to cooperate with the u.n. team to inve

this same thing in germany merkel was very adamant there are units in germany and i don't think oman really lashed out of the united states. publicly he said a few things that were critical but immediately went front and overflight rights for the bolivian president it showed immediately that cranch accepted what the united states wanted from it so you have a kind of sub given to public opinion but at the same time close call parisian with the united states so i don't think there's any real strong position on the part of the government it's it's a post. of opinion but he needed to work since it's not to the united states that front was cooperating with american authorities so it was actually not not just transport but several european nations were cooperating with the united states on this but if i may for a moment officials are defending massive our surveillance they say it helps to prevent terror attacks so perhaps the loss of some personal private data is possibly a small price to pay for that of security well actually it's not a small price to pay when we live in a surveillance st

and god are in bahrain and oman were all able to haul out their checkbook and deliver a little bit of what people were asking for ramped up the social programs they were able to decrease unemployment's social spending in saudi arabia is grand i think you are also. so to unleash jihad it's into syria as well ok documented well yeah that's i mean. obviously obviously that's. on lease jihad us into syria send troops across the causeway to bahrain i mean obviously they're foreign and domestic policies are are rather different not so but never when there's a border to be crossed charlie do you want to weigh in there and let's let's go let's let's remember the world is not a perfect place and the art of foreign policy is not a perfect place and there's no necessary consistency between how you deal with one nation state versus how you deal with another. in a lot of this stuff i remember henry kissinger once at a conference i was at you know said listen he says you have all these different countries the cables come in from your embassies and you react to them it's not like there's this grand

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if you look at the -- not just saudi arabia, but all of the countries, saudi arabia, uae, kuwait, oman, they are really in peace completely. and the quality of life there is high. the economy's doing good. having said that, there's no country immune from what's happening in the vicinity. so it is very important to use and capitalize on this tranquility and stability we have right now and really inject as many as possible reforms on the political, economy, and social front, so you have immunity from god forbid any summer revolutions or any turmoil, god forbid. >> yeah, you make a very good point. meanwhile, the other story that is sidetracking this one is oil. your highness. now, oil is pushing $100 a barrel. how much of what's happening in egypt, or throughout the middle east, broadly speaking, is a threat to the stability of oil prices? >> well, you know, the price for oil is a function of the stability of the middle east to a certain extent. having said that, there's no doubt that the production of shale oil in united states, europe, and some other countries in the world, and the act

that each of them had their gender turned against them and answer my republicans that would have a ,oman carrying a little baby film the blank. she's going to give this woman and her baby your money. food stamps. the reality is that legally, she could not even if she wanted to breathe is not the law. she wasn't running to change the law so that she could. that law be sabbath that it can govern from the heart -- i thought that she would be sympathetic and govern from the hard. she is just too sympathetic to keep us safe. the problem was in those ads. their problem was they had not built enough coalitions within the immigrant committed to do stand up and say we are going to help this family. what if we did change the law? the reality is, we need is to have one america, and everyone working together. make sure they had built the when they were? -- women building is have to be just as responsible for building coalitions amongst communities of color, particularly why women -- white women. be presumed by any means. the saying goes in politics, if you do not respect us, do not expect us. what c

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. >> if you look at the countries, saudi arabia, qatar, bahrain, kuwait and oman, they are really at completely. and the quality of life there is high. the economy is doing well. having said that, there is no country that is immune from what is happening in the vicinity. so it is very important to use and capitalize on this tranquility and stability they have now and inject as many possible reforms on the political, economic and social front. so they have immunity from god forbid any sort of revolutions or any turmoil. >> he also touched on the rise of shale influencing future price movements as well. >> the price for oil is a function of the stability in the middle east to a certain extent. having said that, there is no doubt that the production of shale oil in the united states, europe and some other countries in the world and actual production of more oil and gas in the united states, australia and canada is going to put more pressure on the price of oil and gas in the coming years and decades. so it is very important for the -- those countries who depend on oil such as the member

we are finding increased incidence of piracy in the northwest region of the gulf of oman.ee this in conversations with my counterparts in the gulf states. commerce they should live my counterparts, the pakistani navy. they are having to spend more time over there. i do not have numbers. i will look and see what i can do. there is an increasing trend. a concern that we need to keep our eye on. why is it happening? is it the migration of somali pirates? we need to look and see what that is. it has been going on for about eight months. on your original question, we are finding that somewhere between 6-10 sexual assaults involve alcohol. the majority. they are alcohol fueled. what is the atmosphere, what is the climate? we have noticed in our many marts, the sale about the hall hours were extensive. midnight or after. this is not in the line with the mainstream. we also find a greater percentage of the footprint of the minimart is high for alcohol compared to something else. if i going to get shoe polish or a sandwich, or whatever, it should be requisite and make sense. percen