Kuwait City: The Emir of Kuwait, Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, ordered that a new highway, the seventh ring road, be named after the late Omani sultan, Qaboos bin Said Al Said.
After their weekly Monday meetings, the cabinet of ministers issued a statement stating, “based on the supreme order of His Highness the Emir, one of the major roads has been named in memory of the late Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, in appreciation of the important role that he played and the efforts he exerted in supporting the march of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the issues of the Arab and Islamic nations.”
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The decision to name the new highway after the late Omani leader goes to show the friendly and close relationship shared by the two Gulf states.
Oman Kuwait relationship
Kuwait and Oman have always had a bilateral relationship that was fostered by both countries’ leaders.
On January 12, a day after the passing of the late Sultan Qaboos, Sheikh Sabah, along with other GCC leaders, traveled to Muscat to attend the funeral. Then on the same day, the Emir ordered that all schools and government institutions be closed for three days to mourn the death of the late Omani leader.
In addition, the Emir said in a broadcasted statement “the late Sultan Qaboos was a brother and a personal friend with whom I shared admiration and respect. The world as well as the Gulf, Arab and Islam nations had lost a very important figure who dedicated his life to the causes of the Arab and Islamic countries.”
In the past, the two Gulf council members have cooperated over various issues from foreign policy to trade agreements. Both countries emerged as mediators during the 2017 Gulf Crisis.
In terms of trade, in 2018, Oman exported to Kuwait a total of $361.61 million and Kuwait exported to Oman around $200.88 million, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database.
