Al Hasani added: “Oman and India enjoy long-term official, friendly, historical, cultural, and economic relations. The industrial scene in Oman is seeing a dynamic investment activity from the Indian investors.

“With the aim of boosting Oman-Indian investment ties, Madayn has set up a representative office in India to promote Oman and Madayn as an attractive destination for investments.

“Work is under way to launch two new industrial cities in the country. The two cities will be the first to be fully developed and managed by the private sector through developers with international expertise in this field.”

Director general for investment and export at Ithraa, Nasima Al Balushi, said Oman’s exports to India had “more than doubled over the last four years”, adding that Omani companies would continue to invest in industries such as food processing, energy, infrastructure, tourism, fisheries, mining, and manufacturing in India.

President of the Indian Economic Trade Organization (IETO) Dr. Asif Iqbal said “The royal decrees iin Oman come in the framework of the government’s continued efforts towards creating an attractive legislative framework for investment in all ways, and to continue to issue and update legislation to keep up with accelerating changes and to serve the Sultanate’s future vision goals and to make the country more competitive globally and this gives an edge to Indian Businessmen especially the ones in MSME’s and startup ventures”.

Al Balushi continued: “The appetite to explore India is there. The number of Omani companies participating on recent trade missions to India is testament to that and we certainly have the business experience and expertise to contribute to India’s continued economic success.”

Acting CEO of Oman Investment and Development Holding Company (Mubadrah), Mustafa Al Lawati, said in a statement that Madayn had introduced Mubadrah – formed to improve the operations, competitiveness, and infrastructure of Madayn’s industrial cities – as a way to strengthen public-private partnerships (PPP) in the sultanate.

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