MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye graced at Al Alam Palace on Thursday the signing of joint declaration and communique, six agreements and eight memoranda of understanding (MoUs).
The signings included the establishment of the Omani-Turkish Coordinating Council. Furthermore, capital participation agreements were signed between Amber Limited (a special purpose company owned by Oman Investment Authority and the Turkish OYAK Fund) and the Turkish OYAK Fund, as well as a capital participation agreement between the Uzbek-Omani Company (Uzbek Oman) and the Turkish OYAK Fund. Additional agreements covered cooperation between Oman Food Investment Holding Company (Nitaj) and the OYAK Holding for Food and Agriculture, and a cooperation agreement between Oman Data Company and the Turkish information technology firm Inovance. A cooperation agreement was also signed between Oman and Türkiye regarding the allocation of land for the Turkish Maarif Foundation to establish an educational institution, and the partnership between Sinan Advanced Industries and the Turkish company ASELSAN.
Meanwhile, the MoUs covered military collaboration and defence industries, technology, innovation and strategic cooperation between the Oman Investment Authority and the Türkiye Wealth Fund. They also covered cooperation in the fields of mining and rare minerals. A memorandum of understanding was also signed between the Ministry of Information in the Sultanate of Oman and the Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye in the fields of media and communications.
They were signed on behalf of the Omani government by Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister; Dr Abdullah bin Nasser al Harrasi, Minister of Information; Abdulsalam bin Mohammed al Murshidi, Chairman of Oman Investment Authority; Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion; Dr Khalfan bin Said al Shueili, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning; Eng Salim bin Nasser al Aufi, Minister of Energy and Minerals; Dr Mohammed bin Nasser al Zaabi, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence; and Majid bin Sultan al Hinai, CEO of Sinan Advanced Industries.
Meanwhile, they were signed on behalf of the Turkish government by Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Yasar Guler, Minister of Defence; Haluk Gorgun, President of the Defence Industries; Burhanettin Duran, Head of the Presidential Communications Directorate; Omer Bolat, Minister of Trade; Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology; Murat Yalçıntaş, General Manager of OYAK Group; Mahmut M Ozdil, Chairman of Turkish Maarif Foundation; Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Murat Y, General Manager of ASELSAN Company. — ONA
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