MUSCAT — On the occasion of the new Hijri year and anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) Hijra, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has exchanged greeting cables with Arab brotherly and Muslim friendly leaders.

His Majesty expressed his sincere greetings and best wishes of good health, happiness and a long life for them, praying to Allah the Almighty to return this happy occasion on them with prosperity and make the New Year, a year of peace, security and welfare for all peoples and for the Islamic nation to achieve its aspirations and hopes.

In their cables to His Majesty, the leaders of the sisterly and friendly countries expressed their sincere greetings and best wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to His Majesty the Sultan, praying to Allah the Almighty to return this blessed occasion on His Majesty for many years to come and he has achieved aspirations of his faithful people for further progress and prosperity, the Omani people wellbeing and progress.

His Majesty the Sultan exchanged greetings with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques His Highness King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE and His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

His Majesty has also exchanged cables with His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar; His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; King Abdullah II of Jordan, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, President Abdul Aziz Butafliqa of Algeria, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, president of Sudan, Dr Bashar Al Assad, president of Syria, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of Somalia, President Jalal Talibani of Iraq, President Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian National Authority, President Ahmed Abdullah Sambi of the Comoros Union, Col. Muammar Al Gaddafi, president of Libya, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak of Egypt,
President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, Sultan Haji Hassan Al Bulqiyah of Brunei Darussalam, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, paramount ruler of Malaysia, President Ilham Haider Aliyev of Azerbaijan, President Hamid Karazai of Afghanistan, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, president of Indonesia, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Dr Mahmoud Ahmedi Nijad, President of Iran, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, President Mohammad Zillur Rahman of Bangladesh, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan, President Abdullah Gul of Turkey, President Idriss Deby of Chad, President Ali Omar Bongo of Gabon, President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, President
Emomali Rahmanov of Tajikistan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan, President Mohammed Nashid of the Maldives,
President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali, President Mamadou Tandja, of Niger and
President Al Haji Umaru Yar’Adua of Nigeria.