{"id":35468,"date":"2026-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/35468\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:29:06","slug":"his-majesty-holds-talks-with-italian-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/35468\/","title":{"rendered":"His Majesty holds talks with Italian Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/about-oman\/state\/head-of-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik<\/a> received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governo.it\/en\/president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic<\/a>, at Al Barakah Palace.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=60076631  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106030 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\/Italy-Talks.jpg\" alt=\"His Majesty holds talks with Italian Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His Majesty welcomed the guest and her accompanying official delegation, wishing them a pleasant stay in the Sultanate of Oman. For her part, the Prime Minister expressed her delight with this visit, appreciating His Majesty&#8217;s warm welcome and hospitality.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=342151485  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106032 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\/Italy-Talks-2-800x886-1.jpeg\" alt=\"His Majesty holds talks with Italian Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"886\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister conveyed the greetings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quirinale.it\/page\/en-biografia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Sergio Mattarella of the Italian Republic<\/a> to His Majesty, along with his best wishes for good health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>President Mattarella also wished His Majesty success in realising further progress, prosperity and comprehensive development under his wise leadership of the Renewed Renaissance.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1635992433  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\/Italy-Talks-4-800x671-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106036 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=\"His Majesty holds talks with Italian Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"671\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His Majesty in turn asked the Prime Minister to convey his greetings and best wishes to the Italian President. His Majesty affirmed his aspiration to enhance coperation and partnership between the two countries in various fields to serve mutual interests.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=113150755  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\/Italy-Talks-5-800x620-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106038 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=\"His Majesty holds talks with Italian Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His Majesty and the Italian Prime Minister then held a session of talks, during which they reviewed the existing cooperation between the two countries and ways to develop that cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>They also discussed investment opportunities, particularly in the sectors of industry, energy, modern technologies, food security, and tourism, as well as in the fields of culture and education.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1737124812  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\/Italy-Talks-6-800x533-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106040 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=\"His Majesty holds talks with Italian Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They also exchanged views on regional and international developments.<\/p>\n<p>The session was attended from Oman by General Sultan bin Mohammed Al Nomani, Minister of the Royal Office; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/ministry\/about-us\/key-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, Foreign Minister;<\/a> Dr Hamad bin Said Al Aufi, Head of the Private Office; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oia.gov.om\/en\/\/about\/oia-leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al Murshadi, Chairman of Oman Investment Authority; <\/a>Hussain bin Ali bin Abdullatif, Adviser at the Private Office; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/rome\/\">His Highness Sayyid Nizar bin Al Julanda Al Said, Oman&#8217;s Ambassador to Italy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2128974122  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\/Italy-Talks-7-800x1051-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106042 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=\"His Majesty holds talks with Italian Prime Minister\" width=\"800\" height=\"1051\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0discussions were \u00a0attended from Italy by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/ambassador-it-embassy-in-om\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pierluigi D&#8217;Elia, Ambassador to Oman;<\/a> Fabrizio Saggio, Diplomatic Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister; General Franco Federici, Military Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister, and officials at the Italian Government.<\/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%ac%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a9%d9%8f-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%91%d9%8f%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84%d9%8f-%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%b1\/?lang=ar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The talks reviewed the existing cooperation between Oman and Italy and how to develop that cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":35469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,111],"tags":[256,265],"class_list":["post-35468","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-italy-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35468","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35470,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35468\/revisions\/35470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}