Sultanate has `` cordial '' relations with U.S. , U.S. . Omani sources helped win the release of Sarah Shourd December 2009 . Omanis want to avoid `` heated atmospherics , '' official says . ` When thanked by the Ambassador for Oman 's ongoing advice to Iran to work with the West , YbA offered Oman as both an organizer and a venue for any meeting the U.S. would want with Iran - if kept quiet , '' the cable said . Sarah Shourd said to be at home in both traditional Western , modern Omanis society .
Sultanate has `` cordial '' relations with U.S. , U.S. . Omani sources helped win the release of Sarah Shourd December 2009 . Omanis want to avoid `` heated atmospherics , '' official says . Sarah Shourd said to be at home in both traditional Western , modern Omanis society .