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             Muscat, Oct 28 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey on the occasion of the 96th anniversary the declaration of the Republic.              In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to President Erdogan and the friendly Turkish people further progress and prosperity. --- ...

Riyadh, Oct.27 (ONA) ---- Ambassador Hamad bin Rashid al- Mari, GCC Assistant Secretary-General for Legislative and Legal Affairs / Chairman of the GCC Secretariat General’s team in the organization of the GCC Days, expressed, on behalf of the Secretariat, his thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Chairman of the current session of the GCC Supreme Council, for the Sultanate’s hosting, as being the chairman of the current session, of the GCC Supreme Council of the recently concluded GCC Days. He also thanked His Majesty the Sultan for the support provided ...

     Riyadh, Oct.27 (ONA) ---- Ambassador Hamad bin Rashid al- Mari, GCC Assistant Secretary-General for Legislative and Legal Affairs / Chairman of the GCC Secretariat General’s team in the organization of the GCC Days, expressed, on behalf of the Secretariat, his thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Chairman of the current session of the GCC Supreme Council, for the Sultanate’s hosting, as being the chairman of the current session, of the GCC Supreme Council of the recently concluded GCC Days. He also thanked His Majesty the Sultan for the ...

Muscat, Oct 27 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic on the occasion of his country's National Day.        In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes to President Zeman and the friendly people of his country.   ---- ...

      Muscat, Oct 24 (ONA) --- Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh al-Manthri, Chairman of the State Council left here today heading to the Republic of Azerbaijan to lead the Sultanate's delegation in the 18th Summit of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, scheduled to be held in the Azerbaijani Capital, Baku on October 25th and 26th.            Dr. al- Manthri is accompanied by Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali al-Harthi, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for ...

         Muscat, Oct 23 (ONA) --- The GCC ministers of municipal affairs sent a cable of thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said at the end of their 22nd meeting, which was held in Muscat today.           They expressed their sincere thanks and appreciation to His Majesty the Sultan for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to the participating delegations. They valued the support provided by His Majesty the Sultan and the GCC leaders to the joint municipal ...

         Muscat, Oct 23 (ONA) --- The GCC ministers of municipal affairs sent a cable of thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said at the end of their 22nd meeting, which was held in Muscat today.           They expressed their sincere thanks and appreciation to His Majesty the Sultan for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to the participating delegations. They valued the support provided by His Majesty the Sultan and the GCC leaders to the joint municipal ...

Muscat, Oct 23 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Edgar Lungu of the Republic of Zambia on the occasion of his country's Independence Anniversary.       In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes to President Lungu and his country's friendly ...

Tokyo, Oct 22 (ONA) --- Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq al-Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs, Personal Representative of His Majesty the Sultan took part today in the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito of Japan.        The ceremony took place at the Imperial Palace in the Japanese capital, Tokyo in the presence of a number of world leaders and high-ranking figures.     During the ceremony, Sayyid Asa'ad was accompanied by Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi, Secretary ...

Muscat, Oct 14 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said today issued ten Royal Decrees, as follows:   Royal Decree No. 63/2019 on the establishment of Ministry of Technology and Communications.   Article (1) sets up a ministry under the name of “Ministry of Technology and Communications” whose prerogatives shall be defined and organizational structure shall be approved by Royal decree.   Article (2) states that all powers, prerogatives, allocations and assets of the Information Technology Authority (ITA) shall be transferred to the Ministry of ...

Muscat, Oct 14 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said today issued ten Royal Decrees, as follows:   Royal Decree No. 63/2019 on the establishment of Ministry of Technology and Communications.   Article (1) sets up a ministry under the name of “Ministry of Technology and Communications” whose prerogatives shall be defined and organizational structure shall be approved by Royal decree.   Article (2) states that all powers, prerogatives, allocations and assets of the Information Technology Authority (ITA) shall be transferred to the Ministry of ...

Muscat, Oct 14 (ONA) --- The Ministry of Tourism, in cooperation with the Ministry of Manpower and several tourism institutions organized the first career opportunities exhibition in the tourism sector in Muscat Intercontinental Hotel today.             The exhibition comes within the framework of the efforts that aim at boosting the employment opportunities for the national manpower and enabling them to work in the tourism sector. It also comes in support of the efforts of the competent authorities on the employment of the ...

Muscat, Oct 14 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Kais Saied of the Tunisian Republic on the occasion of him being elected as a new president for the Republic.     In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes of success to President Saied in leading the brotherly Tunisian people and achieving their hopes and aspirations, and the good relations between the two countries further progress to serve interests of the Omani and Tunisian brotherly peoples. --- ...

Muscat, Oct 10 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said received a cable of thanks and gratitude from the GCC Culture Ministers on conclusion of the 23rd Meeting of the GCC Culture Ministers Committee, which was held in Muscat today.     In their cable, they expressed their utmost thanks and gratitude for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to them in the Sultanate. They valued the support provided by His Majesty the Sultan and his brothers the GCC Leaders to the march of the GCC joint culture action.        They prayed to Allah the ...

Muscat, Oct 10 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said received a cable of thanks and gratitude from the GCC Culture Ministers on conclusion of the 23rd Meeting of the GCC Culture Ministers Committee, which was held in Muscat today.     In their cable, they expressed their utmost thanks and gratitude for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to them in the Sultanate. They valued the support provided by His Majesty the Sultan and his brothers the GCC Leaders to the march of the GCC joint culture action.        They prayed to Allah the ...

Muscat, Oct 9 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said received a cable of thanks and gratitude from the GCC Ministers of Education on the end of their 9th consultative meeting held in Muscat today.           In their cable, they expressed their sincere thanks and gratitude to His Majesty for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to them and to the participating delegations, which had a positive impact on the success of the meeting.       They valued the Sultanate's efforts in supporting march ...

Muscat, Oct 9 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Jioji Konrote of the Republic of Fiji on the occasion of his country's Independence Anniversary.      In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes to President Konrote and the friendly people of Fiji. --- ...

          Muscat, Oct 8 (ONA) --- GCC ministers of education sent a cable of thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said at the end of their 3rd meeting concluded in Muscat today.           They expressed their sincere thanks and appreciation to His Majesty for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to them. They valued the support accorded by His Majesty and the GCC leaders to the joint education work march. They prayed to Allah the Almighty to protect His Majesty and ...

Muscat, Oct 8 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Yoweri Museveni of the Republic of Uganda on the occasion of his country's Independence Anniversary.     In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes to President Museveni and the friendly Ugandan people. --- ...

Muscat, Oct 7 (ONA) --- Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers today received GCC Finance and Economy Ministers, who are attending the meeting of the Financial and Economic Committee, which is being hosted by the Sultanate in the presence of Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid al-Zayani, GCC Secretary General.               After Sayyid Fahd welcomed the guests, he expressed the Sultanate's appreciation under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said over the sincere ...

Muscat, Oct 7 (ONA) --- Participants in the 110th meeting of the GCC Financial and Economic Cooperation Committee sent a cable of thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said at the end of their meeting held in Muscat.             The participants expressed their sincere thanks and appreciation for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to them, which had contributed in the success of the meeting. They hailed the royal care accorded by His Majesty to the GCC blessed march. They prayed to Allah the ...

Muscat, Oct 7 (ONA)---His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has received a cable of thanks from President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China in reply to His Majesty's congratulatory cable on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of establishing the People's Republic of China.        In his cable, President Jinping expressed his utmost thanks for His Majesty's congratulations. He stressed the deep relations between the two friendly countries and the keenness to enhance them, wishing His Majesty good health and success and the ...

Muscat, Oct.03 (ONA) ----  His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said today issued four Royal decrees as follows:  Royal Decree No.57/2019 on the appointment of judges at the Supreme Court. Article (1) appoints the officials listed below as judges at the Supreme Court. 1. Talib bin Khalifa bin Zayed al- Maamari. 2. Said bin Salim bin Ahmed al- Jabri. 3. Al Mukhtar bin Abdullah bin Issa al- Harthy. 4. Dr. Al Fadhl bin Ghasn bin Sinan al- Hinai. 5. Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Hamad al- Busaidi. 6.  Hamad bin Sulyem bin Dhahi al- Riyami. 7. Dr. Hamad bin Khamis bin ...

Muscat, Oct.03 (ONA) ----  His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said today issued four Royal decrees as follows:  Royal Decree No.57/2019 on the appointment of judges at the Supreme Court. Article (1) appoints the officials listed below as judges at the Supreme Court. 1. Talib bin Khalifa bin Zayed al- Maamari. 2. Said bin Salim bin Ahmed al- Jabri. 3. Al Mukhtar bin Abdullah bin Issa al- Harthy. 4. Dr. Al Fadhl bin Ghasn bin Sinan al- Hinai. 5. Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Hamad al- Busaidi. 6.  Hamad bin Sulyem bin Dhahi al- Riyami. 7. Dr. Hamad bin Khamis bin ...

Muscat, Oct 2 (ONA) --- Chiefs of the GCC civil pension and social insurance services have sent a cable of thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said at the end of their 18th meeting, which was hosted by the Sultanate during 1 - 2 October 2019.             In their cable, the participants at the meeting expressed their sincere thanks and appreciation to His Majesty the Sultan for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to the participating delegations. They prayed to Allah the Almighty to bestow good ...

Muscat, Oct 2 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany on the occasion of his country's National Day.            In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere greetings along with best wishes of good health and happiness to President Steinmeier and the friendly German people continuous progress and prosperity. --- ...

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Muscat, Oct 1 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to President Ram Nath Kovind of the Republic of India on victims of monsoon rains that trigger floods in states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.           In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to President Kovind and the friendly Indian people, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. --- ...

       Muscat, Oct 1 (ONA) --- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has  sent a cable of congratulations to President Alpha Conde of the  Republic of Guinea on the occasion of his country's Independence  Anniversary.        In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere  congratulations and best wishes to President Conde and the friendly  people of his country. --- Ends/KH ...

Paris, Sep 30 (ONA) --- Delegated by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took part in the funeral ceremony of the former French President Jacques Chirac. The funeral ceremony was held in Paris in the presence of leaders of countries and heads of governments.            Sayyid Badr was accompanied by Sheikh Dr. Gazi bin Said al- Rowas, Sultanate's Ambassador to the French Republic. --- ...