HH Sayyid Theyazin chairs council of ministers financial and economic committee
Muscat: His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, today chaired a meeting of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers. The meeting was attended by the committee's chairman and members, with the participation of a number of ministers and senior officials from the relevant entities. The meeting, held as part of His Highness's follow-up on the committee's work, reviewed a number of topics related to...
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