Lukashenko announced the start of a new phase in relations with Oman
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, stated during negotiations with the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tarik Al Said, about the beginning of a new stage in bilateral relations, as reported by a BELTA correspondent
"In December last year in Muscat, we agreed to jointly open a new chapter in our relations and start counting their new stage from your first official visit to Minsk. In anticipation of this event, a lot of work has been done. A comprehensive roadmap for cooperation has been prepared, filled with specific tasks in the areas of food security, industry, tourism, transport and logistics, investments," said the President of Belarus.
According to him, the establishment of a Joint Committee on Cooperation and Investments has given stability to the interaction and confidence in achieving the set goals. Its high curator from the Omani side is the Crown Prince - Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Haitham bin Tarik Al Said. "With his personal participation, following our guidelines, governments and business circles have made significant progress in a number of areas," noted Alexander Lukashenko.
"Thanks to the jointly adopted decisions on easing visa requirements and launching direct air communication from February 2025, more than one thousand seven hundred Belarusians have already visited your wonderful country. We expect a reciprocal flow of Omani guests. The visit of the Minister of Health of Oman to Belarus showed that there are prospects for medical tourism, as well as for educational and cultural exchanges," said the head of state.
He noted that the agreement on visa-free travel being signed during the visit will bring Belarus and Oman even closer together and help implement joint projects.
"In Muscat (during the visit of Alexander Lukashenko to Oman in December 2024. - Note by BELTA) we talked about the need to launch two or three joint projects to move forward. It can be said that this task is being fulfilled by our businesses. With our projects in Oman, we are strengthening food security not only for Oman but for your entire region," he said. "Omani investments in the wood processing sector will help to use Belarus's natural resources more effectively. Moreover, intensive contacts have allowed us to form a serious pool of additional projects."
Alexander Lukashenko thanked for the interest in organizing joint assembly productions and sales of MAZ and "AMKODOR" equipment and stated that Belarusian enterprises are ready to translate cooperation with the chosen Omani partner into practical terms.
"As a result, we expect to create a good and long-term support point in Oman - a hub for promoting Belarusian products in the Persian Gulf region and East Africa," said the President of Belarus.
There are also prospects for cooperation in the pharmaceutical field: the first contracts for the supply of Belarusian medicines to Oman have been signed and are currently undergoing certification.
"Now, relying on the best international experience, we are building a new National Museum of the History of Belarus. We would be grateful for the advice of the most, one might say, Belarusian Omani - the Secretary General of the National Museum of Oman," said the head of state.
The Secretary General of the museum, Jamal Al-Mousawi, speaks Russian, and his mother is a native of Belarus. During the visit of the President of Belarus to Oman in December 2024, he conducted a tour of the National Museum of Oman for Alexander Lukashenko and expressed his readiness to share experience in building the museum in Minsk.
The document notes that the negotiations took place in an atmosphere of trust, friendship, and mutual understanding. The parties expressed their determination to work together to strengthen and develop Belarusian-Omani cooperation, exchanging views on a number of international and regional issues of mutual interest.