

MUSCAT: On the advent of Eid al Fitr, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has exchanged cables of greetings with leaders of the sisterly Arab and friendly Islamic countries.
In his cables, His Majesty expressed his sincere sentiments along with his best wishes of good health, happiness and long life to them and the peoples of their countries.
His Majesty wished them further progress and prosperity, praying to the Almighty Allah to achieve all aspirations of progress and prosperity for their peoples under their leadership and for the return of this and similar occasions on them and all Muslims around the globe with blessings and bounties.
In their cables, the leaders expressed their sincere greetings along with their best wishes to His Majesty the Sultan and the Omani people, praying to the Almighty Allah to protect His Majesty, grant him good health, happiness and long life to achieve further progress and prosperity for his people under his wise leadership. They also prayed to the Almighty Allah for the return of this and similar occasions on His Majesty, the Omani people and the Arab and Muslim nations with welfare and well-being.
His Majesty the Sultan exchanged greetings on this occasion with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, King Hamad bin Issa al Khalifa of Bahrain, Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Emir of Qatar, Shaikh Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Jabir al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of Jordan, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, President Kais Saied of Tunisia, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, President Dr Bashar al Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo of Somalia, and President Dr Barham Ahmed Salih of Iraq.
His Majesty also exchanged greetings with President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, President Othman Ghazali of the Union of the Comoros, Dr Mohamed al Menfi, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, President Abdel Fattah el Sisi of Egypt, President Mohamed Ould Sheikh Ghazouani of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Field Marshal Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, President of Yemen, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia, President Dr Ilham Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan, President Dr Mohammed Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, and President Joko Widodo of of Indonesia.
His Majesty also exchanged greetings with President Dr Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, President Dr Hassan Rouhani of Iran, President Dr Arif Alvi of Pakistan, President Mohammad Abdul Hamid of Bangladesh, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov of Turkmenistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President Samia Hassan of United Republic of Tanzania, President Ali Bongo Ondimba of the Gabonese Republic, President Adama Barrow of Gambia, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Sadyr Japarov of the Kyrgyz Republic, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the Republic of the Maldives, President Mohamed Bazoum of the Republic of Niger, and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria.
His Majesty the Sultan has also received similar cables of greetings on this blessed occasion from heirs apparent, heads of governments, senior officials in the Arab and Islamic worlds, their highnesses, ministers, advisers, members of the State Council, members of Majlis Ash'shura, under-secretaries, Omani ambassadors abroad, ambassadors of Arab and Islamic nations accredited to the Sultanate, shaikhs, dignitaries and citizens.
In their cables, the well-wishers expressed their heartfelt greetings along with best wishes of good health, happiness and long life to His Majesty the Sultan, praying to the Almighty Allah for the return of this blessed occasion on His Majesty for many years to come, Oman and its people with further progress and prosperity under the wise leadership of His Majesty. - ONA
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