UK working with airlines to boost Oman evacuations

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper leaves following a cabinet meeting at Downing Street, in London, Britain, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON, March ⁠3 (Reuters) - Foreign minister Yvette Cooper ⁠said on Tuesday that Britain ‌was working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat, Oman to ​prioritise the evacuation of ⁠vulnerable British nationals.

Cooper, ⁠addressing lawmakers in parliament, said she ⁠was ‌in close contact with her counterparts in ⁠the Gulf countries, where 130,000 British ​citizens ‌have now registered their presence ⁠in ​the region.