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(Adds comment from Kremlin, background from paragraph 3) CAIRO, April 19 (Reuters) - Oman's Sultan Haitham binTariq al-Said is set to visit Moscow on Monday, days after thestart of a round of Muscat-mediated nuclear talks between theU.S. and Iran.
The sultan will hold talks with Russian President VladimirPutin on Tuesday, the Kremlin said. Iran and the U.S.
started a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve theirdecades-long standoff over Tehran's atomic aims, under theshadow of President Donald Trump's threat to unleash militaryaction if diplomacy fails. Ahead of Saturday's talks, Iranian Foreign MinisterAbbas Araqchi met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov inMoscow. Following the meeting, Lavrov said Russia was «ready toassist, mediate and play any role that will be beneficial toIran and the U.
S.A.» Moscow has played a role in Iran's nuclear negotiationsin the past as a veto-wielding U.
N. Security Council member andsignatory to an earlier deal that Trump abandoned during hisfirst term in 2018. The sultan's meetings in Moscow visit will focus oncooperation on regional and global issues, the Omani state newsagency and the Kremlin said, without providing further detail.
The two leaders are also expected to discuss trade andeconomic ties, the Kremlin added.(Reporting by by Jaidaa Taha and Muhammad Al Gebaly in Cairoand Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Andrew Heavens).
