{"id":321424,"date":"2022-11-22T12:52:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/oma-celebrou-52o-dia-nacional-em-brasilia\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T17:13:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:13:47","slug":"brasilia-oman-celebrates-52nd-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brasilia-oman-celebrates-52nd-national-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bras\u00edlia: Oman celebrates 52nd National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The embassy of Oman to Brazil celebrated the <strong>52nd National Day of the Sultanate<\/strong> this Monday (21) at the Porto Vittoria events venue in Bras\u00edlia, with the presence of diplomats, authorities, and press. The Arab country\u2019s ambassador, <strong>Talal Al-Rahbi<\/strong>, who took office less than a month ago, made the celebration an opportunity to tell participants about the economic advancements Oman has achieved since 1970, the strategic plan the country is implementing, and relations with Brazil.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_321418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321418\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-321418 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-2-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-2-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-2.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-321418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Al-Rahbi: New ambassador<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The secretary for the Middle East, Europe, and Africa of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ambassador Kenneth da N\u00f3brega, spoke on behalf of the Brazilian chancellor, Carlos Fran\u00e7a. The International Relations vice president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC), Mohamad Mourad, also attended the celebration, representing the entity. <em>Pictured above, N\u00f3brega (left) and Al-Rahbi (right).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The year 1970 is considered the beginning of <strong>Oman\u2019s rebirth<\/strong> when reforms were implemented to modernize the country under the leadership of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said. To about 200 guests, Al-Rahbi said since the beginning of the rebirth, Oman has sought to benefit from <strong>oil and gas revenues<\/strong> to transform its economy into a modern and developed nation, based on the principles of justice and free market, without neglecting the growth of the state and the modernization of its structure, preserving national culture, heritage, and identity.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador said Oman is carrying out the <strong>Vision 2040<\/strong> roadmap, and this is a new phase for the country to overcome challenges and keep up with global and regional changes. The strategy aims to improve Oman\u2019s position in innovation, governance, competitiveness, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) overall and per capita, <strong>foreign investment<\/strong>, private sector share in the job market, and the participation of non-oil sectors in the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_321421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321421\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-321421 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-3-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-3-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-3-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-3-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/data-oma-3.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-321421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mourad (left) at the event<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Al-Rahbi said Oman and Brazil had had diplomatic relations since 1974, and they have progressed in recent decades, with the political relationship contributing to economic and trade ties growth. In addition to citing bilateral trade numbers, the ambassador spoke about the operation of the Brazilian mining company Vale in his country and invited Brazilian companies and investors to take advantage of the benefits of establishing partnerships and investing in Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, under the command of <strong>Sultan Haytham bin Tariq bin Taimur Al-Said<\/strong>, Oman grew 43.4% in the first nine months of this year compared to 2021, mainly driven \u201cby the increase in oil prices and the strength of a hard-working people,\u201d according to a release by the Omani embassy to Bras\u00edlia. The Arab country has a GDP of USD 135.7 billion. The tourism sector is one of those contributing to the local economy. Coasted by the Arabian Sea, the secular culture, landscapes with mega dunes and mountains, and the capital Muscat are some of the country\u2019s tourist attractions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-321415\">Press release\/Embassy of Oman to Bras\u00edlia<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-321418\">Press release\/Embassy of Oman to Bras\u00edlia<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-321421\">Press release\/Embassy of Oman to Bras\u00edlia<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Omani ambassador to Brazil, Talal Al-Rahbi, received guests at an event in the national capital of Brazil to celebrate the date of Oman&#8217;s rebirth and spoke about the country&#8217;s current challenges and economic progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":321415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,114],"tags":[36925,36914,36924,36788,36916,36926,25697,2030,36927,36917,36928,36929,36918,36919,36792,36930],"class_list":{"0":"post-321424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-foreign-affairs","8":"category-news","9":"tag-ambassador-oman","10":"tag-data-nacional-de-oma-en","11":"tag-economy-oman","12":"tag-embaixador-oma-en","13":"tag-historia-de-oma-en","14":"tag-history-of-oman","15":"tag-national-date-oman","16":"tag-oman","17":"tag-rebirth-oman","18":"tag-renascimento-oma-en","19":"tag-sultan-haytham-bin-tariq-bin-taimur-al-said","20":"tag-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-al-said","21":"tag-sultao-haytham-bin-tariq-bin-taimur-al-said-en","22":"tag-sultao-qaboos-bin-said-al-said-en","23":"tag-vale-oma-en","24":"tag-vale-oman"},"wps_subtitle":"The new Omani ambassador to Brazil, Talal Al-Rahbi, received guests at an event in the national capital of Brazil to celebrate the date of Oman's rebirth and spoke about the country's current challenges and economic progress.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}