{"id":19964,"date":"2024-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/19964\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:15:45","slug":"official-reception-ceremony-for-his-majesty-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/19964\/","title":{"rendered":"Official reception ceremony for His Majesty in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An official reception ceremony was held at the Royal Palace in Brussels today for His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on the occasion of his state visit to the Kingdom of Belgium.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=728294632  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66577 size-fusion-800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/674ff05287957-800x533-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Official reception for His Majesty in Belgium \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the motorcade of His Majesty headed to the Royal Palace Square, it was escorted by the Royal Belgian Cavalry.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1221398409  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66571 size-fusion-800\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/674ff0527f19e-800x961-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Official welcome for His Majesty in Belgium\" width=\"800\" height=\"961\" \/>Upon His Majesty&#8217;s arrival at the Royal Palace, he was received by King Philippe, King of the Belgians and his spouse Queen Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians. The Royal Couple welcomed His Majesty, wishing him and his accompanying delegation a pleasant stay. Then, accompanied by the Belgian monarch, His Majesty inspected the guard of honour.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2034947829  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/674ff05290cb2-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66575 size-fusion-800\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Official reception ceremony for His Majesty in Belgium\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that, King Philippe Leopold escorted His Majesty to the dais of honour, where the Omani Royal Anthem and the Belgian Royal Anthem were played.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1069378681  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/674ff0529a2fb-800x605-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66573 size-fusion-800\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Official reception ceremony for His Majesty in Belgium\" width=\"800\" height=\"605\" \/>Then, the King and His Majesty headed to the interior of the Palace and posed for a commemorative photo.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=209560396  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/674ff052a2e24-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66565 size-fusion-800\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Official reception ceremony for His Majesty in Belgium\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>After that, the two leaders headed to the main hall, where His Majesty the Sultan shook hands with a group of Belgians who welcomed him. Then, the King and the Queen shook hands with the official Omani delegation.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=238203537  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/674ff052ab3fa-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66567 size-fusion-800\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Official reception ceremony for His Majesty in Belgium\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, His Majesty and King Philippe held a bilateral meeting.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the two monarchs underscored their shared keenness to boost cooperation and partnership relations in a manner that contributes to stimulating the two countries\u2019 economies, expanding vistas of cooperation and the exchange of benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Then, His Majesty the Sultan signed the Visitors&#8217; Book.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=479273528  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:ghTT.1f99\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/674ff052b27a1-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66569 size-fusion-800\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Official reception ceremony for His Majesty in Belgium\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text,\u00a0click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/fnla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Majesty was received at the Royal Palace, by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,111],"tags":[216,256],"class_list":["post-19964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-news","tag-belgium-en","tag-his-majesty-sultan-haitham-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19964","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=19964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19967,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19964\/revisions\/19967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}