Muscat: Oman and Turkish citizens will be soon able to travel to both countries without an entry visa.
"A request to cancel entry visas for both countries has been submitted and it is expected to be approved before the end of this year," said Mehmet Hakimoglu, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Sultanate of Oman in an interview with Oman News Agency, who added that the number of Omani tourists coming to Turkey is constantly increasing with 130,000 of them visiting the country in 2022.
Hakimoglu expressed his gratitude and thanks on behalf of the Turkish people for the aid sent by the Sultanate of Oman to the areas affected by the earthquake that struck 10 Turkish provinces last February
He praised the role played by the National Search and Rescue Team of the Civil Defense and Ambulance Authority of the Sultanate of Oman in assisting those affected by this earthquake.
The volume of trade exchange between the Sultanate of Oman and Turkey has been growing and increasing since 2017, to reach nearly $2 billion dollars in 2022, while the total Omani imports from Turkey amounted to $1.58 billion, and the total Omani exports to Turkey amounted to $465 million.
He said that cooperation between the two friendly countries during the past ten years has increased significantly on the basis of common interests in various fields, expressing the Turkish Embassy's endeavor to support and strengthen these relations in a way that achieves the interests and aspirations of the two friendly countries and peoples.
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