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Oman Navy Commander Rear Admiral Al Raisi Visiting India

Published: September 2015

New Delhi. Rear Admiral Abdullah Bin Khasim Bin Abdullah Al Raisi, Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman has been visiting from September 7 to 10.

On first day of his visit, the Admiral paid homage at Amar Jawan Jyoti and was thereafter received by Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan here. The visiting dignitary was later accorded 50 men Guard of Honour.

During the meeting, Rear Admiral Al-Raisi had discussions with Admiral Dhowan to explore avenues for greater cooperation between the two navies. He also met the Vice Chief of Army Staff and Vice Chief of Air Staff in addition to other MoD officials.

Oman is geographically India’s closest neighbour among the Arab countries in the strategically vital Persian Gulf region. The presence of about five lakh Indians and people to people contact further enhances Oman’s importance to India.

India and Oman share historical, cultural linkages as well as maritime trade linkages with dhows visiting each other’s ports for trade and commerce since time immemorial. After India’s Independence, the 1953 Indo-Oman ‘Treaty of Friendship, Navigation and Commerce’ was one of the first treaties to be signed between India and any Arab country. Indian Consulate was set up in Muscat in 1955, and till 1970, was one of only two Consular Missions in Oman, the other being the British. The Indian Rupee was a legal tender till the 1960s.

The structures for defence cooperation between India and Oman flow from an Indo-Oman Strategic Consultative Group (SCG). It may be recalled here that a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Co-operation between the two countries was signed in December 2005.

Indian Navy and Oman Navy share a robust relationship with Indian Navy being the major partner in undertaking training for Royal Oman Navy officers and personnel. Indian Navy ships regularly call at Oman ports. The ships from Western Fleet are scheduled to visit Oman in end September and Indian Sail Training Ship Tarangini is scheduled to make a port call in Muscat in November this year. Similarly Oman Navy ships regularly visit Indian ports and are scheduled to participate in International Fleet Review in Visakhapatnam in February 2016.

High level exchanges are regularly undertaken between both nations to not only cement and review existing ties but also explore future avenues for cooperation between the two countries.

The Oman navy chief is scheduled to visit Western Naval Command Headquarters at Mumbai as well as Indian Navy’s premier training institute at Lonavala. A large number of Royal Oman Navy personnel undergo training at this institute. Thereafter Admiral Al-Raisi will visit Southern Naval Command at Kochi to explore further avenues of cooperation in training. The dignitary will also be shown various training facilities at Kochi during his visit.

The visit aims to further enhance Navy to Navy cooperation that ranges across the entire spectrum from bilateral exercise Naseem-al-Bahr to exchange of white shipping information and enhanced training cooperation.