Kuwait to name highway after Sultan Qaboos of Oman

Our Correspondent

A new highway in the country, the seventh ring road, will be named after the late Sultan His Majesty Qaboos bin Said of Oman, according to an order passed by the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah. The decision was taken in appreciation of the important role that the late His Majesty played and the efforts he exerted in supporting the march of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the issues of the Arab and Islamic nations.

A Cabinet statement passed on August 31 after the weekly meeting said: “Based on the supreme order of His Highness the Emir, one of the major roads has been named in memory of the late Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, in appreciation of the important role that he played and the efforts he exerted in supporting the march of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the issues of the Arab and Islamic nations.”

The Oman embassy in the country thanked Kuwait for its gesture. It said in an online statement: “The embassy appreciates the generous initiative of the Council of Ministers and the Municipal Council in the sisterly State of Kuwait to implement the high orders of His Highness Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah to name the seventh ring road in memory of the great late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said.”

Both countries share friendly and close relations. On January 12, a day after Sultan Qaboos passed away, Sheikh Sabah and other GCC leaders had travelled to Muscat to attend the funeral. The Emir also ordered that all schools and government institutions be closed for three days to mourn the Sultan’s death.

The Emir said also made the statement that “the late Sultan Qaboos was a brother and a personal friend with whom I shared admiration and respect. The world as well as the Gulf, Arab and Islamic nations had lost a very important figure who dedicated his life to the causes of Arab and Islamic countries.”

Both countries have cooperated over various issues from foreign policy to trade agreements. In 2018 alone, Oman exported to Kuwait a total of $361.61 million and Kuwait exported to Oman around $200.88 million, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database.