Under auspices of Ambassador Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Rahbi.. Embassy of Oman celebrates its 52nd National Day and the 50th anniversary of Omani-Egyptian relations
Ashraf AboArafe
On the banks of the great Nile River, the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman held its celebration of the fifty-second National Day, and in the same context, to celebrate the fifty years of the Egyptian-Omani relations.
The celebrations were attended by ambassadors of diplomatic missions in Cairo, such as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Osama bin Ahmed Noqli, the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan and others, politicians such as the former Secretary General of the Arab League, Mr. Amr Moussa, and media representatives.
The two ceremonies were inaugurated by Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Rahbi, the Sultanate of Oman’s ambassador to Cairo and its permanent representative to the League of Arab States. The foreign ministers of the Sultanate of Oman, Mr. Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi, and his Egyptian counterpart, Ambassador Sameh Shukri, also delivered two speeches via teleconference as follows:
* First: The opening speech of Ambassador / Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Rahbi:
In the name of of Allah the Merciful
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
Excellencies, distinguished guests
We are pleased to meet again today to celebrate together an occasion dear to our souls.. which is the anniversary of the fifty-second National Day of the Sultanate of Oman, whose path was led by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos – may God rest his soul in peace – contemplating the magnitude of the achievements that have been achieved during the past fifty years, which put Oman on the map of the world With his wisdom and insightful political vision, he restored Oman’s civilizational role, which contributed to human civilization.
Today, we celebrate this occasion, two years after the launch of Oman’s renewed renaissance under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al-Muazzam – may God protect and preserve him – to celebrate other achievements added to the Omani development record despite the challenges that our country has gone through as a result of the repercussions created by the Corona pandemic and the economic turmoil that are unimaginable. Its effects still cast a negative shadow on the global economy, but Oman was able to overcome those circumstances and challenges and achieve ambitious achievements by virtue of the policies adopted by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al-Muazzam, as one of the results of those policies was the achievement of a number of positive results. The credit rating has increased twice during the current year, and the Sultanate of Oman has been ranked among the top five Arab countries in human development in the year 2022 issued by the United Nations Development Program recently. This indicator monitors the extent to which people enjoy a healthy and decent life and the extent of interest in knowledge in the countries of the world.
His Majesty Sultan Haitham stressed in his meetings and meetings the necessity of striving to elevate the status of Oman, upgrading it and raising the human standard for a better life.
Oman reaps a number of achievements, foremost of which is controlling and rationalizing spending and restructuring the state’s administrative apparatus with the aim of raising the level of government performance to come in line with Oman Vision 2040.
Emphasis on an economic policy based on economic diversification of sources of income and not relying on a single commodity in order to seek to attract investments and promote the country’s exports.
In line with the climate change the world is witnessing, the government of the Sultanate of Oman has given this matter the utmost care in terms of developing strategies and plans. The Sultanate of Oman announced at the climate conference, which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, a date for achieving zero neutrality by the year 2050 AD, with the aim of taking steps Quick action to support environmental protection and climate preservation.
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests
Development, stability and justice cannot be achieved unless there is a judicial system that achieves this justice at its highest levels by all standards. His Majesty the Sultan – may God protect him – was keen on this matter and gave it importance and attention. A Supreme Council of the Judiciary was established to unite the judicial apparatus and the Public Prosecution in order to achieve a sound administrative approach. His Majesty also emphasized the importance of community involvement in opinion, in application of the Shura principle, the importance of communication and meetings with the sheikhs and notables of the governorates and states of the Sultanate of Oman, with the aim of listening directly from them in support of the 2040 development plan.
Excellencies, distinguished guests
Two days ago, we celebrated the passage of fifty years of modern relations between the Sultanate of Oman and the brotherly Arab Republic of Egypt under the auspices of the Egyptian Prime Minister and the presence of a number of Their Excellencies and Excellencies. These relations, which were based on a deep history dating back more than 3,500 years, passed through important stages and stations whose basis was respect. Mutual trust and confidence amidst difficult historical turns, and Oman remained faithful to the role of Egypt and never hesitated in sacrificing for it and defending the causes of Arabs and Islam. It is highly appreciated.
This march of deep-rooted relations – since the Nile Valley civilization of the ancient Egyptians and the civilization of Majan with its momentum, is a relationship whose origin is the stability of the Omani mountains and the firmness of the pyramids of Egypt, flowing with goodness, as is the immortal Nile of Egypt and the bountiful waters of Oman.
The spirit of love flutters over it and the springs of mutual cooperation irrigate it.
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq – may God protect and preserve him – with his brother His Excellency President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi – may God protect him – in Muscat on the twenty-seventh of last June of this year constituted a strong impetus for the relations between the two brotherly countries to achieve more joint cooperation in various fields through A number of memorandums of understanding and agreements that were signed during the honorable visit of His Excellency President Sisi, which will certainly open more horizons and work that will always flow in the veins of civilized twinning between the two countries and peoples, pushing for broad horizons that are new in which our heartbeats are one and the fabric of our hopes and aspirations for this relationship is unknown. the border.
It can be noted here that the results of those efforts have begun to bear fruit in the initiation of mutual visits between businessmen from both countries and the signing of memorandums of cooperation and agreements at the outset for a number of activities in the industrial, tourism and commercial fields.
Recently, on the sidelines of the Climate Summit, a memorandum of understanding was signed between ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia and the Omani Investment Authority to be an investor in the wind energy project in Suez in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, with an investment of $1.5 billion. The Omani Investment Authority owns 10% of the value of the project.
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Guests
We look forward that these initiatives and mutual visits between the leaders of the two countries will be a new step for the course of our eternal brotherly relationship, God willing.
In conclusion, I extend my greetings and appreciation to the brotherly Egypt, the leadership and the people, for the care, attention and facilitation we receive for our work by the Egyptian government. We extend our thanks to you, honorable guests, and we hope that you will spend the most beautiful times with us with the paragraphs of our celebration program.
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
* Second: The speech of the Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi
Our honorable presence
When our beloved country: the Sultanate of Oman celebrated the visit of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday the twenty-seventh of June 2022 AD, history was singing in a wide and rich space of the extended relations between two great civilizations.
The Omani “Majan” civilization and the Egyptian Nile Valley civilization, history speaks in the language of brotherhood, the Omani Majan civilization and the Egyptian Nile Valley civilization. History speaks in the language of brotherhood, from whose pillars the fragrance of Omani frankincense emanates and its vapors rise in the temples of the Nile Valley civilization. Likewise, relations between us can only be where they should be, as befits two lofty civilizations from time immemorial. You must be on top and worthy.
yes. This relationship remained preserved between these two blessed countries, Egypt, which God blessed in his book on the tongue of his Prophet Yusuf, “Enter Egypt, God willing, in safety,” and between the words of the Messenger of God in Oman and its people: “If the people of Oman had come, they would not have cursed you or beat you.” That prestige that marked our relations was, as we allude between, and the hadith is security, civility, and sophistication. Likewise, our relations will continue to derive from civilization its spirit, from brotherhood its bond, and from Arabism its identity. That is what we believed in in the Sultanate of Oman and, God willing, we will remain believers in it and in Egypt, as His Majesty Sultan Qaboos – may his soul rest in peace – said: “It has been proven throughout the stages of contemporary history that Egypt was the main element in building the Arab entity and ranks, and it never hesitated to sacrifice one day And defending the causes of Arabs and Islam, and it deserves all the appreciation.”
Today, as we celebrate fifty years of diplomatic relations, we celebrate the spirit that we shared and lived together, and our journey, marked by the seal of wisdom, is moving towards the future, with steadfastness, will, determination, and conscious political leadership, aware of the vocabulary of civilization and the denominators of the well-established Omani-Egyptian relationship.
We ask the Almighty God to surround our two brotherly countries and peoples with more interdependence, harmony, compassion and solidarity, and that this good spirit pervades all relations of acquaintance and friendship between nations.
* Third: The speech of His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Ambassador Sameh Shoukry
Brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, attend.
It gives me great pleasure to direct my speech to you on the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of diplomatic relations between the brotherly Sultanate of Oman and the Arab Republic of Egypt. We are celebrating today relations that have been characterized throughout their history and at their various official and popular levels with clear privacy and distinction, in which the spirit of affection, cooperation and convergence of visions prevailed, presenting the necessities of preserving the security and stability of the region and supporting the capabilities of its peoples and the sincere commitment of both countries to the security and stability of the other and the values of brotherhood and Arabism, and as such who sincerely made it a role model for stable and fruitful diplomatic relations.
These relationships have gone through many stages during which these meanings have been clearly and unequivocally confirmed. We still remember, with appreciation and pride, the Sultanate and His Majesty the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, may God have mercy on him, demonstrated adherence to the existing diplomatic relations between the two countries, and a courageous refusal to comply with calls launched to boycott Egypt at any stage. We can also see the strength of relations and mutual concern for high-level coordination by following the pace of mutual visits between leaders, the latest of which was the visit of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to the Sultanate in June 2022, and his meeting with his brother, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, and the tangible cordiality and understanding that surrounded it. .
This visit, and the in-depth research and deliberation that took place on regional and bilateral issues, and the signing of a large number of memorandums of understanding, embodied the convergence of the visions of the leaderships of the two countries and their clear keenness to support relations and deepen joint cooperation in various fields. It is not possible to talk about the privacy and distinction of the relationship, without addressing the presence of a distinguished Egyptian community that enjoys the care we appreciate from the Omani authorities. At the same time, it plays a vital and tangible role as a civilized bridge between the two countries and as a link between the two brotherly peoples.
Ladies and Gentlemen
The launch of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations is a new testament to the celebration of the two countries and their pride in the spirit of brotherhood that brings them together. We also consider it an opportunity to confirm the common determination to develop existing relations in the political, economic, cultural, technological, and other fields, to take those relations to broader horizons, and in a manner that supports the development and progress engine led by His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Egypt, and His Majesty Sultan Haitham. Bin Tariq in the sister Sultanate of Oman.
I renew my congratulations to everyone on this good occasion.
And accept my greetings and affection
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
