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Oman international economic partnership expansion

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Oman is actively expanding its international economic partnerships through high-level state visits and strategic agreements. In early September 2026, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda visited Oman to transition diplomatic relations into substantive economic partnerships. The two nations signed several landmark agreements covering visa exemptions, labor cooperation, political consultations, and the avoidance of double taxation, focusing on energy, mining, logistics, aviation, healthcare, and technology. Sultan Haitham bin Tarik furthered these efforts through state visits to Angola and Botswana. In Angola, discussions with President João Lourenço centered on investments exceeding $1.5 billion in sectors including oil, mining, food security, maritime, and air transport. In Botswana, the Sultan engaged with President Duma Gideon Boko to explore Omani investment in the diamond value chain. On September 28, 2026, Oman and Tanzania launched a strategic cooperation framework during a bilateral summit in Muscat. Tanzania’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Dennis Londo, invited the Oman Investment Authority to invest in natural gas, minerals, and processing industries. By mid-October 2026, Oman further diversified its trade through the India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which provides duty-free access on 98.08 per cent of Oman’s tariff lines, and authorized three new duty-free border markets with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to mitigate maritime supply chain risks. In late October 2026, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq conducted a state visit to the United Kingdom, resulting in a strategic investment package exceeding £1 billion targeting renewable energy, technology, space, healthcare, and financial services. This included an increase in UK Export Finance capacity to £7 billion. ~~Additionally, Oman held political consultations with the Maldives to discuss cooperation~~ A key component of this partnership is a planned large-scale AI data centre in ~~fisheries, sustainable tourism,~~ Salalah, spearheaded by the UK-founded company Yamna. The visit also focused on strengthening security and maritime cooperation regarding the ~~blue economy.~~ Strait of Hormuz.

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