Sultanate marks 47th anniversary of Blessed Renaissance Day -
The Sultanate today marks the 47th anniversary of the Blessed Renaissance Day. On this day, the courageous Omani people renew the pledge and loyalty to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos.
They also express their gratitude, appreciation and love to His Majesty the Sultan who revived the ancient glory of Oman and built a full-fledged modern state based on equality and citizenship and seeks to achieve progress, growth and rule of the law for all citizens.
On this glorious day, the Omanis feel proud for the achievements made during the past 47 years of the Blessed Renaissance march under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Sultan.
Thanks to His Majesty’s wise vision and the steady efforts and involvement of the Omani people, Oman has become, as outlined by His Majesty, an oasis of security and prosperity, as well as a modern state where all Omanis enjoy decent living, security and safety.
Since the dawn of the first day of the Blessed Renaissance, His Majesty the Sultan had a fatherly vision that forecast the future and accommodated all citizens.
His Majesty the Sultan has been very keen on setting up judicial organisations, integrating the value of justice and supporting the rule of the law.
His Majesty has also developed a foreign policy based on cooperation, trust, credibility, frankness and clarity in dealing with brothers and friends during different situations, developments and circumstances.
The foreign policy has maintained Oman’s leading status and positive role. It has also enhanced cooperation with sisterly and friendly countries and made Oman an active player to ensure welfare of peoples in the region and the world.
The Sultanate, thanks to His Majesty the Sultan’s approach, managed to establish brotherly and friendly relations with various countries around the world.
The Sultanate was also keen on continuing and developing these relations in all fields to achieve the interests of the Sultanate and other countries. Oman has been one of the states that relied on the principle of negotiations to solve disputes and settle them in a peaceful way based on mutual respect, international law, non-interference in other states’ domestic affairs and maintaining cooperation to achieve common interests and good neighbourly relations. At local and international forums, the Sultanate has always stressed its belief that each problem has a solution when the parties have the will to reconcile their interests and when all join hands particularly peoples love peace, understanding and peaceful coexistence.
His Majesty the Sultan, thanks to these credible policies and stances, has been recognised by leaders of the region and the world. The Sultanate, which enjoys safety, security and stability, received the Iranian President, the Emir of the State of Kuwait, the King of Jordan and the Palestinian President. This reflects the Sultanate’s active role to ensure stability and peace in the region.
While promoting peace and stability of the region, the Sultanate has been also keen on building strong armed forces that can defend the nation and maintain the fruits of the development process.
His Majesty the Sultan, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has been issuing directives to develop and modernise the armed forces to keep pace with the developments made in the field of military training and armament. Omani armed forces have become a modern integrated force that keeps pace with the developments in the field.
Since the first day of the Blessed Renaissance, His Majesty the Sultan has been very keen on ensuring active involvement of Omanis in all walks of life. His Majesty has been very keen as well on encouraging the Omanis especially youth to nurture their talents and work hard.
His Majesty thanked Omani citizens for their cooperation in making development programmes and plans a success despite the variables being experienced by the world today.
The Omani government has adopted the National Programme for Enhancing Economic Diversification (Tanfeedh), which is one of the national programmes of the 9th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) to maximise the benefits from the natural and other resources in sectors such as tourism, agriculture, fisheries and minerals.
Despite slump in oil prices, the financial and economic conditions of the Sultanate remained stable in general.
It also relies on enhancing their competitiveness through the establishment and deepening of berths and processing of offshore services, in addition to the development of equipment and integration in the activities of the Omani ports and its linkage with other industrial and commercial sectors and the establishment of free and industrial zones within the port areas.
In this area, the Special Economic Zone of Duqm (SEZD) is a key pillar for making Oman a regional logistics hub in the upcoming years. It is integrated with the Omani ports, road and rail networks, and new airports.
The Sultanate’s development, growth, advancement, and prosperity, as His Majesty said in his speech on the occasion of the 22nd Glorious National Day, “The supreme goal and the ultimate goal of every Omani whose heart beats with sincerity and overflows with love and loyalty of his feelings to this nation, but this noble goal can be achieved on the ground only by the generous efforts, continuous giving, conscious planning and enlightened thought, which draws the future and envisages its horizons and explores its challenges in preparation for facing them with science, work, various skills and evolving expertise in various areas of life”.
As Oman’s overall development march enters its 48th year with confidence, glory and pride, and looking forward to a bright and better future, the Sultanate is looking forward to the completion of several important projects that will diversify sources of income, boost revenues and push the national economy along the path of growth, in addition to providing more employment opportunities for the national workforce.
While Oman celebrates the Blessed Renaissance Day, glorifying a bright day of its eternal days during which the hopes turned into reality, it prays to the Almighty Allah to protect His Majesty and the leader of the victorious march, grant His Majesty good health, well-being and long life, as well as success to realise more achievements.
On this glorious anniversary, the loyal people of Oman renew allegiance and loyalty to His Majesty the Sultan to back his wise leadership, giving generously for the sake of Oman and its civilisation for the present and future, and preserve its achievements accomplished and being accomplished during this auspicious era, committing themselves to the wise directives of His Majesty, and to work hard and sincerely to achieve progress, welfare and prosperity for Oman. — ONA
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