{"id":56632,"date":"2026-09-18T13:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/56632\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:08:42","slug":"%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%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%91%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a-%d9%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/56632\/","title":{"rendered":"His Majesty and Angolan President witness signing of agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/about-oman\/state\/head-of-state\/\">His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/governo.gov.ao\/biografia\/presid\u00eancia\/jo\u00e3o-manuel-gon\u00e7alves-louren\u00e7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Jo\u00e3o Manuel Louren\u00e7o of the Republic of Angola,<\/a> graced today at the Presidential Palace in the Angolan capital, Luanda, the exchange of a number of agreements between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Angola.<\/p>\n<p>Within the context of His Majesty\u2019s state visit, the two countries signed five agreements, eight memoranda of understanding and an executive programme covering a number of political, economic and investment fields.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=815966704  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56654 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:683\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"His Majesty and Angola President grace exchange of Agreements\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:683\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:200\/h:300\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:720\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:720\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:720\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 1366w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:100\/h:150\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:720\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:720\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:720\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-2-1-scaled.jpeg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The agreements cover mutual visa exemption for holders of diplomatic, special, and service passports; technical cooperation between the Governments of the two countries; the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion, air transport and heads of terms agreement regarding the logistics services and defence industries sector in the Republic of Angola.<\/p>\n<p>The memoranda of understanding cover political consultations and training, investment promotion, agriculture and livestock, a memorandum of understanding between Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Angola Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the field of energy concerning potential partnership in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors in Angola, the field of renewable energy for the development of a 500-megawatt project equipped with a battery energy storage system (BESS), under the independent power producer (IPP) model in Angola and a non-binding memorandum of understanding concerning potential cooperation in oilfield services and technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries also signed an executive programme for technical cooperation and a contract for the rehabilitation, upgrading, and expansion of the water distribution network in Luanda Province.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1115125143  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56655 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:1024\/h:695\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"His Majesty and Angola President grace exchange of Agreements\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:1024\/h:695\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:300\/h:203\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:768\/h:521\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:1536\/h:1042\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:1592\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:100\/h:68\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:1200\/h:814\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:tH_1.295b\/w:1592\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-3-1-scaled.jpeg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The agreements, memoranda of understanding and executive program were signed on behalf of Oman by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/ministry\/about-us\/key-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, Foreign Minister;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tejarah.gov.om\/ar\/about\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anwar bin Hilal Al Jabri, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/missions\/om-eg-cairo-em\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdullah Al Rahbi, Oman&#8217;s non resident Ambassador to the Republic of Angola<\/a>; Ashraf bin Hamad Al Maamari, Chief Executive Officer of OQ; Qais bin Saud Al Zakwani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maabar Investment Company; and Khalid bin Sultan Al Junaibi, Chief Executive Officer of the Desert Sand Oil and Gas Company.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=357546410  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:1024\/h:704\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1.jpeg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56656 size-large\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20704%22%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22704%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221024%22%20height%3D%22704%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"His Majesty and Angola President grace exchange of Agreements\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:1024\/h:704\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:300\/h:206\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:768\/h:528\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:1536\/h:1056\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:1569\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:100\/h:69\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:1200\/h:825\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:9Vih.295c\/w:1569\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agreement-4-1-scaled.jpeg 2x\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were signed on behalf of the Angola by <a href=\"https:\/\/governo.gov.ao\/biografia\/ministro\/t%C3%A9te-ant%C3%B3nio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T\u00e9te Ant\u00f3nio, Minister of External Relations;<\/a> Isaac Francisco Maria dos Anjos, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry; Jo\u00e3o Baptista Borges, Minister of Energy and Water; Vicente Francisco Soares, President of the Angola Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Lu\u00eds Manuel da Fonseca, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIMPORTEX; Solange Nadine Galamba Joyce, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Public Water Company (EPAL); Feliciano Ant\u00f3nio Catiolo, Executive Director of the Public Water Company (EPAL) and Sebasti\u00e3o Gaspar Martins, Chief Executive Officer of Sonangol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two countries signed five agreements, eight memoranda of understanding and an executive programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":56643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[206,256,814,816,1009,1025],"class_list":["post-56632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-angola-en","tag-his-majesty-sultan-haitham-en","tag-water-issues-en","tag-transport-and-logistics-en","tag-energy-en","tag-agriculture-and-fisheries-en"],"acf":{"fm_post_excerpt_app":"The two countries signed five agreements, eight memoranda of understanding."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56632","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=56632"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56677,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56632\/revisions\/56677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}