{"id":60284,"date":"2026-10-15T07:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/60284\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:45:14","slug":"%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%8f%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88%d9%85%d9%85%d9%84%d9%83%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%aa%d9%88-%d8%aa%d9%8f%d9%82%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b9%d9%84%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/60284\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman and Lesotho establish diplomatic relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sultanate of Oman and the Kingdom of Lesotho signed a joint statement in New York establishing diplomatic relations, reflecting the spirit of cooperation and friendship between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was signed on behalf of the Government of Oman by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/missions\/om-us-new-york-pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omar Said Omar Alkathiri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations in New York<\/a>, and on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho by Ambassador Matete Nena, Lesotho&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2140617094  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60274 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:1024\/h:682\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg\" alt=\"Oman and Lesotho establish diplomatic relations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:1024\/h:682\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:300\/h:200\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:768\/h:511\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:100\/h:67\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:1200\/h:799\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:1280\/h:852\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:1280\/h:852\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0337.jpeg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the signing ceremony, Ambassador Nena conveyed to the Omani Government the greetings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ls\/office-of-the-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.ls\/staff_detail\/20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and National Security Samuel Matekane<\/a>, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Lejone Mpotjoane, expressing his Government&#8217;s aspiration to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2121238034  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0336.jpeg\" alt=\"Oman and Lesotho establish diplomatic relations\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:1000\/h:666\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0336.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:300\/h:200\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0336.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:768\/h:511\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0336.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:100\/h:67\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0336.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:Vrpb.2b48\/w:1000\/h:666\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0336.jpeg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For his part, Oman&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations welcomed this important step on behalf of the Government of Oman, reflecting both Governments&#8217; commitment to establishing diplomatic relations, laying the foundation for stronger dialogue and opening new avenues of cooperation that serve the interests of the two countries and their peoples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statement lays the foundation for stronger dialogue and avenues of cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":60283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[356,1036],"class_list":["post-60284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-un-en","tag-lesotho-en"],"acf":{"fm_post_excerpt_app":"The statement lays the foundation for stronger dialogue and avenues of cooperation."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60284","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60284"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60289,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60284\/revisions\/60289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}