Oman, Belarus sign agreement to establish joint committee

MINSK: The Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Belarus signed an agreement in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Monday to establish a joint committee aimed at boosting cooperation across various fields between the two countries.

The signing ceremony was attended by HH Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, and Viktor Aleksandrovich Lukashenko, President of the Belarusian Olympic Committee and Special Envoy of the President of Belarus to the GCC states.

The agreement was signed on behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman by Abdulsalam bin Mohammed al Murshidi, Chairman of Oman Investment Authority (OIA), and on behalf of the Government of Belarus by Maxim Ryzhenkov, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Also present at the signing ceremony were Hamoud bin Salim al Tuwaih, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the Russian Federation and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, along with a number of Belarusian officials. - ONA