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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicIndia-Oman relations

Topic: India-Oman relations

Modi reaches Muscat for final leg of 3-nation tour, India-Oman free trade agreement to be signed today

Apart from FTA, a number of key agreements are expected in sectors such as trade, investment, energy, defence, technology, agriculture, culture & people-to-people ties.

Why India and Oman remain among the oldest strategic partners of the Indian Ocean world

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Sultanate of Oman this month offers a good opportunity to look at India-Oman relations in a long historical perspective. 

Modi visit ‘important, strategic’, says Oman envoy. ‘Right time to diversify trade beyond oil & gas’

PM Modi & Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal are expected to visit Muscat next week for signing of FTA. Trip coincides with discussions on India purchasing spare parts for its Jaguar fleet.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

Modi, Oman Sultan discuss 2-state solution for Israel-Palestine, sign document for ‘future partnership’

Sultan and PM of Oman Haitham bin Tarik's India visit is 1st by an Omani ruler in 26 years. He was accompanied by a high-level delegation, including 7 cabinet ministers & 3 vice ministers.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.