{"id":31556,"date":"2025-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/31556\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:26:34","slug":"omans-embassy-in-saudi-arabia-celebrates-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/31556\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman\u2019s Embassy in Saudi Arabia celebrates National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Embassies of the Sultanate of Oman around the world marked National Day by holding receptions attended by senior officials in host countries.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/riyadh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ambassador Najib Albusaidi<\/a> and embassy staff hosted a reception to mark Oman\u2019s National Day, under the patronage of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Governor of Riyadh, and in the presence of Abdulmajid Al Samari, the Kingdom\u2019s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2083154168  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99790 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\/Riyadh-5-800x581-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2013030442  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99792 size-full\" 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\/Riyadh-2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"462\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The reception was attended by business figures, Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, members of the diplomatic corps and Omani citizens residing in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1650259430  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\/Riyadh-3-2-e1763832862884-800x860-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99794 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"860\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Bahrain<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/manama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oman\u2019s embassy<\/a> also hosted a reception to mark the National Day.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=942106551  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\/Bahrain-10-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99768 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=805183445  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\/Bahrain-2-7-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99770 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Mumbai,India,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/mumbai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Consul General of Oman, Mahboob Alraisi<\/a>, hosted an official celebration marking National Day. The event was attended by officials from the Government of Maharashtra, members of the consular corps, business and academic figures, along with Dr Rajesh Ghawandi, Chief of Protocol in the Government of Maharashtra, who attended as guest of honour.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=79822826  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\/Mumbai-5-800x542-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99772 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the Consul General highlighted the depth of Oman\u2013India diplomatic relations spanning seven decades and Oman\u2019s development under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oman2040.om\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oman Vision 2040.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>China<\/strong>, Minister Plenipotentiary Ali Alhassani, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Oman\u2019s Mission in China,<\/a> hosted a reception to mark the National Day under the patronage of Chen Weiqing, Director of the Department of West Asia and North Africa at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=731621863  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\/China-800x534-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99774 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=77276796  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\/China-3-800x503-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99776 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The reception was attended by officials from the Chinese government and the Communist Party, Ambassadors and diplomats in Beijing, as well as business and media figures.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1998093617  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\/China-3-1-800x503-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99778 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/colombo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ambassador\u00a0Ahmed Alrashidi<\/a>, hosted a reception to mark Oman\u2019s National Day under the patronage of Handunnetti Sunil Seniviratne, Minister of Buddhist Affairs, Religions and Cultural Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=36898099  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\/Colombo-6-800x518-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99780 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1791956111  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\/Colombo-2-3-800x560-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99782 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A number of Sri Lankan officials, diplomats, business figures and media representatives attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=815738350  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\/Colombo-3-3-800x452-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99784 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>New York,USA,<\/strong> Oman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permanent Representative to the United Nations<\/a> hosted a reception to mark National Day, celebrating the renewed renaissance and the achievements realised under the leadership of <a href=\"https:\/\/fm.gov.om\/about-oman\/state\/head-of-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=106516059  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\/New-York-4-800x432-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99786 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=592371973  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\/New-York-2-1-800x534-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99788 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=\"Oman\u2019s Embassies celebrate National Day around the world \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86\/?lang=ar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oman&#8217;s missions in Bahrain, Mumbai, China, Sri Lanka and New York also held receptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,111],"tags":[808],"class_list":["post-31556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-news","tag-consular-affairs-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31556","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=31556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31899,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31556\/revisions\/31899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}