Oman (British Base)

HC Deb 01 March 1989 vol 148 cc210-1W

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the agreement made in 1958 with the Sultan of Oman in which the air base in that country was handed over to British control for 99 years still applies in its original form or has been updated: and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Chalker

The RAF maintained an air base on Masirah island until the late 1960s.