ARABIAN TIMES NEWS NETWORK
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkiye graced at Al Alam Palace today, the signing of joint declaration and communique, six agreements and eight memoranda of understanding (MoUs). This took place within the context of the Turkish President’s state-visit to the Sultanate of Oman. The signings included the establishment of the Omani-Turkish Coordinating Council. Furthermore, capital participation agreements were signed between Amber Limited (a special purpose company owned by Oman Investment Authority and the Turkish OYAK Fund) and the Turkish OYAK Fund, as well as a capital participation agreement between the Uzbek-Omani Company (Uzbek Oman) and the Turkish OYAK Fund.
Additional agreements covered cooperation between Oman Food Investment Holding Company (Nitaj) and the OYAK Holding for Food and Agriculture, and a cooperation agreement between Oman Data Company and the Turkish information technology firm “Inovance”. Cooperation agreement was also signed between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of Turkiye regarding the allocation of land for the Turkish Maarif Foundation to establish an educational institution, and the partnership between Sinan Advanced Industries and the Turkish company ASELSAN. Meanwhile, the MoUs covered military collaboration and defense industries, media and communications, technology, innovation and strategic cooperation between Oman Investment Authority and Türkiye Wealth Fund.
They also covered cooperation in fields of mining and rare minerals. They were signed on behalf of the Omani government by Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, Dr. Abdullah bin Nasser Al Harrasi, Minister of Information, Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al Murshidi, Chairman of Oman Investment Authority, Qais bin Mohammed Al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, Dr. Khalfan bin Said Al Shuaili, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Minister of Energy and Minerals, Dr. Mohammed bin Nasser Al Zaabi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence and Majid bin Sultan Al Hinai, CEO of Sinan Advanced Industries.
Meanwhile, they were signed on behalf of the Turkish government by Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yasar Guler, Minister of Defence, Haluk Gorgun, President of the Defence Industries, Burhanettin Duran, Head of the Presidential Communications Directorate, Omer Bolat, Minister of Trade, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology, Murat Yalçıntaş, General Manager of OYAK Group, Mahmut M. Ozdil, Chairman of Turkish Maarif Foundation, Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Murat Y., General Manager of ASELSAN Company.
