{"id":1603,"date":"2024-02-06T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/1603\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:36:00","slug":"his-majesty-receives-the-emir-of-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/1603\/","title":{"rendered":"His Majesty receives the Emir of Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"

His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said<\/a> greeted His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, upon his arrival at the Royal Private Airport on a two-day state visit to the Sultanate of Oman.<\/p>\n

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The Emir’s plane was accompanied by a squadron of military aircraft when it entered Oman’s airspace to welcome His Highness\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

Along with His Majesty the Sultan, Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah was received by His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs; Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, General Sultan bin Mohammed Al Nomani, Minister of the Royal Office; Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, Minister of Interior (Head of the Mission of Honour); Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister; Dr Saleh bin Amir Al Kharousi, Ambassador of Oman to Kuwait; Dr Mohammed Nassir Al Hajri, Ambassador of Kuwait to Oman, members of the mission of honour and members of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Muscat.<\/p>\n

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His Majesty the Sultan and His Highness the Emir then headed to the hall, passing between two rows of honour guards from the Royal Guard of Oman.<\/p>\n

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After a short break, the motorcade carrying His Majesty the Sultan and His Highness the Emir left the airport and headed to Al Alam Palace for the official reception ceremonies.<\/p>\n

As the motorcade passed Muscat Gate, a group of Royal Camel Corps lined both sides of the road, welcoming the guest. Then, a cavalcade from the Royal Cavalry and the RGO Cavalry escorted the official motorcade till the National Museum\u2019s building, to the accompaniment of a mounted military music band.<\/p>\n

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Upon the arrival of the official motorcade at the yard leading to Al Alam Palace, a popular reception was held, with the participation of more than 600 male and female citizens. A cluster of folklore bands lined the passage, chanting lyrics in a manifestation of warm welcome to the guest.<\/p>\n

When the official motorcade arrived at the boundary of Al Alam Palace, the artillery fired a twenty-one gun salute for the guest.<\/p>\n

Upon the arrival of the motorcade at the courtyard of Al Alam Palace, a welcoming tune was played by the RGO band, in an atmosphere of fanfare and ambiance.<\/p>\n

After that, His Majesty the Sultan accompanied Sheikh Mishal to the Dais of Honour where the National Anthem of the State of Kuwait was played.<\/p>\n

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Then, His Majesty the Sultan shook hands with members of the official delegation accompanying the Emir of Kuwait, wishing them a pleasant stay. On his turn, the Emir shook hands with some members of the Royal Family, Chairmen of the State Council and Shura Council, ministers, commanders of the Sultan\u2019s Armed Forces (SAF) and the Royal Oman Police (ROP).<\/p>\n

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After that, His Majesty the Sultan and the guest proceeded to the hall where they took coffee.<\/p>\n

The Emir of Kuwait is accompanied during the visit by an official delegation comprising Sheikh Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Jarrah Al Sabah, Sheikh Hamad Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, Sheikh Mubarak Al Hamoud Al Jaber Al Sabah, Sheikh Athbi Nassir Al Athbi Al Sabah, Sheikh Ali Khalid Al Jaber Al Sabah, Sheikh Mansour Mubarak Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah, Sheikh Dr Bassil Al Hamoud Al Malik Al Sabah, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al Mubarak Al Sabah, Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs; Dr Imad Mohammad Abdulaziz Al Ateeqi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil; Lieutenant General Jamal Mohammed Al Diab, Director of the Office of the Emir; Sheikh Khaled Al Abdullah Al Sabah Al Nasser Al Sabah, Head of Amiri Protocols; Yousef Hamad Al Roumi, Head of Media and Cultural Affairs at the Amiri Diwan; Mazen Issa Al Issa, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs; Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al Nasser Al Sabah, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Dr Mohammed Nassir Al Hajri, Ambassador of Kuwait to Oman.<\/p>\n

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This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text,\u00a0click\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah is on a two-day state visit to the Sultanate of Oman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,111],"tags":[256,272],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-news","tag-his-majesty-sultan-haitham-en","tag-kuwait-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1620,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/1620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}