Oman takes part in 75th anniversary of UN
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Muscat: The Sultanate on Tuesday shared the United Nations (UN) celebration of the 75th anniversary of the international organisation. The event was marked worldwide via videoconferencing.
Shaikh Abdulmalik bin Abdullah al Khalili, Chairman of the State Council, delivered the Sultanate’s speech on this occasion saying, “I am honoured to convey to your gathering the greetings of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik and his best wishes of success in your tasks.”
He added, “The Sultanate highly values its strategic partnership with the UN and reaffirms its support to this partnership. It counts on the high status gained by the UN along the past decades since its inception. The UN takes centre stage in the schema of global relations. It represents a pivotal point and a lighthouse of hope, security, peace and a podium where disputes are resolved by peaceful means and in line with principles of i
A benevolent ally and a brother departs
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Muscat: With the passing away of His Highness Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, the region lost the second world-renowned statesman, after the demise of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, in a short span of nine months.
For the Sultanate of Oman, the loss is not only that of a benevolent ally but also a brother and friend.
Immediately after the announcement of the death of the Emir on Kuwait’s national television, Omani citizens took to the social media to express their condolences.
Shaikh Sabah, the fifth Emir, who had ruled the country for nearly 15 years, had previously been Foreign Minister for 40 years, from 1963 to 2003. This made him one of the longest-serving foreign ministers in the world.
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His Majesty sends cable of condolences to President of Iraq
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Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has sent a cable of condolences to President Dr Barham Salih of the Republic of Iraq on victims of the fire that broke out in Ibn Al Khatib Hospital in Baghdad.
In the cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to President Dr Barham Salih, families of the victims, and the Iraqi brotherly people.
His Majesty the Sultan also prayed to Allah the Almighty to rest the victims’ souls in peace in paradise and grant their families patience, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
HM the Sultan sends greetings to Tanzania, Benin
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Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has sent a cable of greetings to President Samia Hassan of the United Republic of Tanzania on the occasion of her country’s National Day.
In the cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere greetings and best wishes of good health and happiness to President Hassan and the Tanzanian friendly people further progress and development.
His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has sent a cable of congratulations to President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin on the occasion of re-electing him as a president of Benin for a new presidential term.