Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Oman, the Ambassador of India to the country, Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas highlighted the longstanding partnership spanning thousands of years between the country and how the timely visit by PM Modi would further boost the ties between the
The meeting was co-chaired by Arun Kumar Chatterjee, Secretary (CPV & OIA), Ministry of External Affairs, and Sheikh Khalifa Alharthy, Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of Oman.
In their previous outing, India had convincingly beaten Chile 7-0 and today their attacking hockey was on full display with Manmeet Singh (17', 26', 36'), Arshdeep Singh (4', 33', 40') and Dilraj Singh (29', 32', 58') scoring a hat-trick of goals while Anmol Ekka (29'), Ajeet Yadav (34', 4
Officials from both countries appreciated the growing defence partnership and shared assessments on regional and international security developments, especially those affecting the Indian Ocean Region.
As per the Integrated Defence Staff, the discussions reaffirmed the commitment of both countries to deepen military ties, with a focus on advancing work on the proposed Military Logistic Complex.
The Indian Army strengthened its defence cooperation with the Royal Army of Oman during the 3rd Army-to-Army Staff Talks (AAST) held in New Delhi from October 22 to 23.
Team India survived a scare from Oman, who fell 21 runs short of chasing down 189 and valiant half-centuries were scored by Aamir Kaleem and Hammad Mirza. When a 93-run partnership for the second wicket between these half-centuries threatened to take the match away from India and produce a g
"As of now, we are at an advanced stage of dialogue with Oman (on FTA), which should conclude soon. Some of the other countries have expressed an interest. Surely we are open to free trade agreements with other GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries," Goyal said.