Muscat: Eight agreements have been signed between the Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Iran at Al Alam Palace.
Oman News Agency (ONA) revealed that the Sultanate of Oman and the Islamic Republic of Iran sign at Al Alam Palace eight memoranda of understanding and four cooperation programmes in the fields of oil and gas, transport, diplomatic studies and training, radio and television, higher education, research and innovation, agriculture, livestock and fisheries, plant protection and quarantine, specifications, standards and conformity assessment.
The two friendly countries also signed cooperation programmes, the first related to the fields of trade, investment and services, the second to an executive programme for technical cooperation in the fields of labour and employment, and the third to an executive programme for cooperation in the field of environment. While the fourth to an executive programme for cooperation in the field of sports for the years 2023-2025.
His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign confirms the existence of another package of memoranda of understanding and executive work programmes that will be signed with the Iranian side later.