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Oman Sultan to arrive in India today for three-day state visit
Updated On: 15 December, 2023 08:02 AM IST | New Delhi | ANI
He comes with a high-level delegation of senior ministers and officials, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in an official release on Sunday.
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Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik/ Oman Foreign Ministry
The Head of State of the Sultanate of Oman, Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, will be arriving in India today on Friday for his three-day state visit. He comes with a high-level delegation of senior ministers and officials, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in an official release on Sunday. Notably, India and Oman share a long-standing friendship rooted in historical, cultural, and economic ties. The people-to-people contact between the two countries can be traced back 5,000 years.
The diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1955, and the relationship was upgraded to a strategic partnership in 2008. According to MEA, this will be the first state visit of Oman`s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to India and marks a significant milestone in the diplomatic relations between India and the Sultanate of Oman. Upon his arrival, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will call upon Oman`s Sultan in the national capital today.
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