{"id":56370,"date":"2026-09-17T13:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/56370\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:36:59","slug":"%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%b8%d9%85-%d9%8a%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/56370\/","title":{"rendered":"His Majesty visits diamond centre in Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/about-oman\/state\/head-of-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik<\/a>, accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.bw\/leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Duma Gideon Boko of the Republic of Botswana<\/a>, visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/dtpbotswana.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diamond Technology Park in the capital, Gaborone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=112178454  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56391 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:1024\/h:750\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg\" alt=\"His Majesty visits diamond centre in Botswana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:1024\/h:750\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:300\/h:220\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:768\/h:563\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:1474\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:100\/h:73\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:1200\/h:879\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:1474\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Teic.292c\/w:1474\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-2.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon His Majesty\u2019s arrival, he was received by Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, Minister of Minerals and Energy, and the Director General of the Park.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1162320429  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56397 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1024\/h:731\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"His Majesty visits diamond centre in Botswana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1024\/h:731\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:300\/h:214\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:768\/h:549\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1512\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1511\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:100\/h:71\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1200\/h:857\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1511\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-3-1-scaled.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img data-opt-id=1175567925  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:1024\/h:683\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56396 size-large\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22683%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22683%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"His Majesty visits diamond centre in Botswana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1024\/h:683\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:300\/h:200\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:768\/h:512\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1536\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1619\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:100\/h:67\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1200\/h:800\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:PU1_.2930\/w:1619\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-4-1-scaled.jpg 2x\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His Majesty was briefed on the Diamond Parks\u2019s activities and responsibilities, its work in the diamond sector and its role in sorting and valuation, as well as its efforts to increase added value in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>His Majesty then toured the Park\u2019s main laboratory, where he viewed the technical processes and technologies used at various stages of production and was briefed on the Hub\u2019s technical capabilities and expertise.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=708436972  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:1024\/h:683\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56395 size-large\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20683%22%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22683%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22683%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"His Majesty visits diamond centre in Botswana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:1024\/h:683\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:300\/h:200\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:768\/h:512\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:1536\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:1619\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:100\/h:67\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:1200\/h:800\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:A6pd.292f\/w:1619\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-5-1-scaled.jpg 2x\" \/> <img data-opt-id=852791900  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:1024\/h:702\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56392 size-large\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20702%22%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22702%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22702%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"His Majesty visits diamond centre in Botswana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:1024\/h:702\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:300\/h:206\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:768\/h:527\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:1536\/h:1053\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:100\/h:69\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:1200\/h:823\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:1575\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tcrB.292a\/w:1575\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-6.jpg 2x\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the visit, His Majesty signed the distinguished visitors\u2019 book, expressing his thanks and appreciation to those working at the Diamond Technology Park and wishing them continued success.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=459598990  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:1024\/h:738\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56393 size-large\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20738%22%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22738%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22738%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"His Majesty visits diamond centre in Botswana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:1024\/h:738\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:300\/h:216\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:768\/h:553\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:1499\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:100\/h:72\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:1200\/h:864\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:1499\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:v1cS.2929\/w:1499\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diamond-7.jpg 2x\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His Majesty also commended the Park&#8217;s work and significant efforts in the mining sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Majesty was briefed on the activities of the Diamond Technology Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":56389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[256,975],"class_list":["post-56370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-his-majesty-sultan-haitham-en","tag-botswana-en"],"acf":{"fm_post_excerpt_app":"His Majesty was briefed on the activities of the Diamond Technology 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