Nepal and Oman have agreed to promote cooperation encompassing all sectors.

During the first meeting of the bilateral consultations held in Muscat, Oman, on Wednesday, officials from the foreign ministries of Nepal and Oman discussed bilateral relations and agreed to promote cooperation encompassing all sectors, especially the exchange of high-level visits, trade, investment, economic cooperation, agriculture, energy, and tourism, among others.

According to the Nepali embassy in Muscat, they expressed a firm commitment to further enhance partnership in mutually agreed-upon areas, work together to realise economic opportunities for mutual benefits, and create more opportunities to promote people-to-people engagement.

Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal thanked Oman for providing employment to more than 21,000 Nepalis and emphasised providing additional opportunities.

She stressed the exploration of the untapped potential in economic, cultural and educational areas and proposed to establish meaningful collaborative partnerships including in the private sector.

She urged the Omani side to explore investment opportunities in Nepal including in hydropower, tourism sector and collaboration in green hydrogen sector. She requested the delegation to consider establishing the Embassy of Oman in Kathmandu to further consolidate the long-standing relations.

Undersecretary Sheikh Khalifs bin Ali bin Issa Alharthy expressed willingness to promote the cooperation between Nepal and Oman in all the mutually agreed sectors and hoped to conclude the pending MOUs.

The embassy said he underscored the potential of the bilateral relationship and stressed the importance of working together to realise the actual benefits. He also mentioned the positive and hardworking nature of Nepali workers. Both sides shared views on maintaining the tradition of regular exchange of high-level visits.