{"id":27942,"date":"2025-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/27942\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:19:57","slug":"shabab-oman-ii-embodies-friendship-and-cultural-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/27942\/","title":{"rendered":"Shabab Oman II embodies friendship and cultural exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) ship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shababoman.om\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Shabab Oman II<\/a> reflects the Sultanate&#8217;s values of friendship and cultural exchange, and supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oman2040.om\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Oman Vision 2040<\/a> by helping to establish a strong global presence for Oman.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=230445498  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88343 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\/shabab-3-800x1488-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Shabab Oman II embodies the values of friendship and cultural exchange\" width=\"800\" height=\"1488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shabab Oman II recently won the International Friendship Award at the 2025 Tall Ships Races, in Esbjerg, Denmark, as part of its voyage \u201cGlories of the Seas 2025\u201d. This is the fifth time that Shabab Oman has won the Friendship Award.<\/p>\n<p>The ship has a crew of 90 young men and women from the Sultanate of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>The voyage &#8220;Glories of the Seas 2025&#8221; in numbers :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 international ports visited<\/li>\n<li>15 countries visited<\/li>\n<li>18,000 nautical miles sailed<\/li>\n<li>A 6 month voyage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This voyage of peace from Oman builds bridges of understanding between East and West, embodying the values of friendship and cultural exchange, while supporting Oman Vision 2040 by helping to establish a strong global presence.<\/p>\n<p>This video shows the glory of Shabab Oman II under full sail.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Shabab II (Short)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/109691218?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<img data-opt-id=2137472042  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88341 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\/shabab-2-800x491-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Shabab Oman II embodies the values of friendship and cultural exchange\" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1555073641  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\/shabab-800x491-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88339 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=\"Shabab Oman II embodies the values of friendship and cultural exchange\" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shabab Oman II reflects the values of friendship and cultural exchange, and supports Oman Vision 2040 towards a strong global presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-news-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27942","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=27942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27943,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27942\/revisions\/27943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}