A 142km Tanaam-Ramlat Kheilah Road that will link Oman with Saudi Arabia was opened to public at a ceremony held under the patronage of Shaikh Abdullah Bin Ali Al Qatabi, president of the Majlis Al Shura, on Sunday.

Salim Bin Mohammad Al Nuaimi, undersecretary for transport, said the 8.5 million riyal (around Dh81 million) road would serve the villages of Tanaam and Ramlat Kheilah and links the Sultanate with Saudi Arabia.