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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) arrived successful Oman connected a two-day sojourn during which helium volition clasp talks with the country's apical enactment and is expected to motion an ambitious commercialized deal.
He was warmly welcomed by Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said astatine the airport, wherever a defender of honour was accorded to the Prime Minister.
Mr. Modi is visiting Oman astatine the invitation of Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.
This is his 2nd sojourn to the Gulf federation and marks 70 years of the constitution of diplomatic relations betwixt the 2 countries.
India has said that it is "very optimistic" astir finalising an ambitious commercialized woody with Oman during the visit.
The escaped commercialized statement betwixt India and Oman was approved by the Union Cabinet past Friday (December 12, 2025).
Talks for the agreement, officially termed arsenic CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement), formally began successful November 2023, and the negotiations concluded this year.
"We are each precise optimistic astir it. The teams from some sides person been moving precise hard for its aboriginal finalisation," Arun Chatterjee, a Secretary successful the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), had said astatine a media briefing erstwhile asked whether the projected India-Oman broad economical concern statement volition beryllium inked during Mr. Modi's visit.
"We person immense religion that this agreement, if signed during this visit, volition importantly deepen the economical ties betwixt India and Oman. And it volition unfastened up a caller section successful the past of India-Oman commercialized and commercialized relationship," helium said.
During the visit, Mr. Modi volition besides clasp discussions with Sultan Tarik connected strengthening the Strategic Partnership arsenic good arsenic a beardown commercialized and economical relationship.
Mr. Modi is besides scheduled to code a gathering of the Indian diaspora successful Muscat.
"This sojourn volition beryllium an accidental for some sides to comprehensively reappraisal the bilateral partnership, including successful the areas of trade, investment, energy, defence, security, technology, agriculture and culture, arsenic good arsenic speech views connected determination and planetary issues of communal interest," the MEA said successful an earlier statement.
Oman is the third-largest export destination for India among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. India already has a akin statement with different GCC member, the UAE, which came into effect successful May 2022.
India-Oman bilateral commercialized was astir $10.5 cardinal (exports $4 cardinal and imports $6.54 billion) successful 2024-25. India's cardinal imports are petroleum products and urea. These relationship for implicit 70% of imports. Other cardinal products are propylene and ethylene polymers, favored coke, gypsum, chemicals, robust and steel, and unwrought aluminium.
The main items of India's exports to Oman see mineral fuels, chemicals, precious metals, robust and steel, cereals, ships, boats and floating structures, electrical machinery, boilers, tea, coffee, spices, apparel, and nutrient items.
