{"id":35599,"date":"2026-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/35599\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:32:39","slug":"oman-and-united-states-hold-strategic-dialogue-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/35599\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman and United States hold strategic dialogue session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Third US-Oman Strategic Dialogue was held at the Diplomatic Club in Muscat.<\/p>\n<p>The Omani delegation was chaired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/ministry\/about-us\/key-figures\/#Khalifa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheikh Khalifa Alharthy, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Political Affairs<\/a>, while the US delegation was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/biographies\/allison-hooker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allison Hooker, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the U.S. Department of State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1162288453  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106945 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\/سلطنةُ-عُمان-والولاياتُ-المتّحدة-الأمريكيّة-تعقدان-الحوار-الاستراتيجي-الثالث-بمسقط-1-800x508-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0646\u0629\u064f \u0639\u064f\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0651\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0651\u0629 \u062a\u0639\u0642\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0627\u062a\u064a\u062c\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0644\u062b \u0628\u0645\u0633\u0642\u0637 \" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two delegations discussed ways to maximise benefits from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/oman-marks-15th-anniversary-of-free-trade-agreement-with-us\/\">US-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA)<\/a>, and increase US investments in Oman\u2019s priority sectors including the digital economy, technology, space, mining, logistics, aviation and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Oman and the U.S. also discussed cooperation in the fields of education and culture, particularly educational programmes, academic and professional exchanges, and investment in innovation and scientific research.<\/p>\n<p>The two delegations also exchanged views on regional and international issues. They stressed the importance of supporting peace efforts, stability and development.<\/p>\n<p>The Omani delegation announced the Sultanate of Oman&#8217;s agreement to accede to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis-accords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artemis Accords<\/a> on the future of space exploration.<\/p>\n<p>Oman and the United States signed a Statement of Cooperation to celebrate the 250<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the United States of America, which also celebrates the historical relations between the two friendly countries. They also signed a memorandum of understanding on partnership and cooperation between the US Embassy in Oman and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amcham.om\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oman American Business Centre (AmCham Oman).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1162288453  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106952 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\/سلطنةُ-عُمان-والولاياتُ-المتّحدة-الأمريكيّة-تعقدان-الحوار-الاستراتيجي-الثالث-بمسقط-1-800x508-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0646\u0629\u064f \u0639\u064f\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0651\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0651\u0629 \u062a\u0639\u0642\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0648\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0627\u062a\u064a\u062c\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0644\u062b \u0628\u0645\u0633\u0642\u0637\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two delegations discussed ways to maximise benefits from the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":35600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,111],"tags":[360],"class_list":["post-35599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-posts-and-videos","category-news","tag-united-states-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35599","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35601,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35599\/revisions\/35601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}