Following the passing of the region’s longest-serving ruler, HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Construction Week remembered how Sultan Qaboos impacted Oman’s construction sector during his 50-year reign.
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In pictures: UAE leaders offers condolences on death of Sultan Qaboos in Muscat
A ceremony at Muscat’s Alam Palace drew figures from across political divides in the Middle East.
Muscat
Who is the new Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said?
Oman woke up to some very sad news last weekend – the death of the longest serving Arab ruler His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said aged 79.
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In pictures: World leaders pay tribute to the late Sultan Qaboos of Oman
Here are some of the main tributes by world leaders.
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In pictures: Oman’s Sultan Qaboos in pictures
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the longest-reigning leader of the modern Arab world, has died at the age of 79
Arab world
Palestinians worry over ‘normalisation’ of Arab-Israeli ties
Benjamin Netanyahu met with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos late Thursday, an encounter that was kept secret until after he returned to Israel
Boris Johnson
Britain’s Johnson meets Oman’s Sultan Qaboos
British Foreign Secretary will press for the release of dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during visit to Iran
Oman
Oman enforces tolerance, keeping sectarian divide at bay
How Sultanate increasingly stands out as a bastion of coexistence in the Middle East
Jobs
Oman pledges to create 25,000 public sector jobs by year-end
Move comes as unemployment rate in sultanate hit more than 17% last year
Central Bank of Oman
Oman Central Bank reaffirms currency peg to dollar
Sultanate’s monetary authority said the peg promoted economic growth as well as foreign direct investment
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World’s second-longest serving central banker replaced in Oman
Sultan Qaboos appointed Tahir Bin Salim Al Amri as the central bank’s executive president, replacing Hamud Sangur Al-Zadjali