Muscat: Queen Elizabeth II left Oman after a four-day visit, during which she attended a number of horse racing events at the Al Adiyat race track in A'Seeb.
The British Queen was seen off by Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed at the Royal Airport in Seeb. Members of the Royal Family, ministers and senior officials were also present.
The Queen was accompanied by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and an official delegation that included the foreign secretary, William Hague and the British ambassador to Oman, Dr Noel Guckian.
During her visit, the Queen and Sultan Qaboos discussed a host of regional and international issues, including ways to boost bilateral relations.
She also signed two agreements, including a decision to do away with the need for visas, for those holding diplomatic or special passports from either country. Both leaders also agreed to establish a joint working group.
On Saturday evening, Queen Elizabeth wore a golden-buttoned turquoise military-style jacket with a matching hat as she watched a Royal Cavalry display that included 29 pure Arabian horses towing one carriage.
Sultan Qaboos gave the Queen two gifts, including a glittering 21-carat gold engraved vase and a Faberge-style egg that revealed, when the top was removed, a tiny carousel of horses that spun around to a musical tune.
The Queen and the Omani leader also viewed a collection of paintings from the Tate, currently on loan to Oman. These included works by Thomas Gainsborough, George Stubbs, John Constable, J.M.W Turner, John Everett Millais and John Singer Sargent.
The British monarch last came to Oman in 1979 when she sailed on board the royal yacht Britannia.
