Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi and South Africa’s Ronald Lamola discussed regional developments in a call reported by Qatar News Agency on 26 October. Their talks addressed diplomacy and cooperation among regional states to reach durable understandings. Shipping and supply security appeared alongside sovereignty and international law in the reported agenda. That connects the diplomatic discussion to trade, without establishing a new maritime arrangement. No passage rules or operational guarantees for vessels were announced in the report.