{"id":22096,"date":"2025-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/22096\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:16:43","slug":"minister-holds-meetings-to-enhance-regional-and-international-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/22096\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister holds meetings to enhance regional and international cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/ministry\/about-us\/key-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oman\u2019s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi<\/a> held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts and with officials from regional and international organisations. The discussions aimed to strengthen cooperation and address issues of mutual interest on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference, hosted by Oman and organised by the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=349369099  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72565 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\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-16-at-7.15.58-PM-800x653-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Minister holds meetings to enhance regional and international cooperation\" width=\"800\" height=\"653\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The meetings included discussions with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/eam.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India<\/a>; Osman Saleh Mohammed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea; <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc-sg.org\/en\/GeneralSecretariat\/SecretaryGeneral\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/mining.go.ke\/cabinet-secretary-mining-blue-economy-maritime-affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hassan Ali Joho, Minister of Mining, Blue Economy, and Maritime Affairs of Kenya<\/a>; Ambassador Zhai Jun, Special Envoy of the Chinese Government to the Middle East; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bn\/Pages\/OfficeoftheSecondMinisterofForeignAffairsandTrade.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Erywan Yusof, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pmo.govmu.org\/Pages\/My_Cabinet.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dhananjay Ramphul, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and National Trade of Mauritius<\/a>; and Youssouf Mohamed Ali, Director of the Office of the President of the Union of the Comoros in charge of the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1217079988  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72567 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\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-16-at-7.15.59-PM-1-800x674-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Minister holds meeting with GCC to enhance regional and international cooperation\" width=\"800\" height=\"674\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The discussions focused on enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation in various sectors, including the blue economy, trade, energy, tourism, education, sustainable development and youth empowerment.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=410939768  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\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-16-at-7.15.59-PM-800x525-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72571 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=\"Minister holds meetings to enhance regional and international cooperation\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The meetings also explored investment opportunities and ways to strengthen economic partnerships, emphasising the importance of infrastructure development and facilitating collaboration between the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1901592964  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\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-16-at-7.15.58-PM-1-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72561 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=\"Minister holds meeting with Chinese special envoy to enhance regional and international cooperation\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Ministers also discussed regional and international challenges facing the Indian Ocean region, including maritime security, climate change and joint efforts to promote regional stability. The meetings were marked by agreement on the importance of dialogue and diplomacy as key tools for fostering cooperation and addressing shared concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1058974985  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\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-16-at-7.15.58-PM-2-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72563 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=\"Minister holds meetings to enhance regional and international cooperation\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oman\u2019s Foreign Minister reaffirmed the Sultanate\u2019s commitment to strengthening collaboration with countries and regional and international partners. He said that such cooperation contributes to sustainable development, enhances stability, and opens new avenues for partnerships that serve the common interests of all parties.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1288635948  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\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-16-at-7.15.59-PM-2-800x671-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-72569 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=\"Minister holds meetings to enhance regional and international cooperation\" width=\"800\" height=\"671\" \/><\/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\/\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631-\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c\u064a\u0629-\u064a\u0639\u0642\u062f-\u0633\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0629-\u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a-\u0644\u062a\u0639\/?lang=ar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meetings took place on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference, hosted by Oman and organised by the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,111],"tags":[261,270,284],"class_list":["post-22096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-news","tag-indian-ocean-conference-en","tag-kenya-en","tag-mauritius-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096","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=22096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22378,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096\/revisions\/22378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}