Oman and Saudi Arabia Issued a Joint Statement Following HM Sultan Haitham’s Historic Visit
Merge 104.8 | 13 July 2021
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik accepted King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud’s invitation to visit Saudi Arabia earlier this week. During the Sultan’s historic two-day visit, several issues to do with increased cooperation between the two nations were brought up, including:
- Speeding up the completion of the Saudi-Oman road, in order to ease trade routes and pave the way for a full economic integration between the two nations.
- Signing an MoU on the establishment of an Omani-Saudi Council.
- Ending the war in Yemen. Both sides expressed that they share similar views on the crisis, adding that together, they will look for a solution to end it.
- Forming a cooperation towards adopting the G20’s “Circular Carbon Economy” approach, which aims to manage challenges arising from greenhouse gas emissions.
- Improving economic ties by encouraging government and private sectors to make meaningful investment exchanges.
