February 2020 \ News \
Modi reaches out to new Sultan of Oman

In a warm gesture to strengthen India’s bilateral...

A graduate of the University of Oxford and a sports enthusiast, Haitham bin Tariq is seen as modern and westernised in his outlook. In his first public speech, he asserted that he will continue to pursue Qaboos’ peace-oriented foreign policy and focus on Oman’s economic growth.

Diplomatic relations between India and Oman were established in 1955 and upgraded to strategic partnership in 2008. Oman has been supportive of India’s bid for permanent membership of the UN Security Council. India was Oman’s third largest trade partner for both imports and non-oil exports in 2018. Oman is also home to around 8,00,000 Indians with majority of them as workers and professionals like doctors, engineers, chartered accountants, nurses and teachers.




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