Ukraine launches embassy in Oman

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha and his counterpart from Oman Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi took part in the ening ceremony, Ukrinform reports with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Oman has become the eighth foreign diplomatic mission in the wave of expansion of Ukraine's diplomatic presence in Africa and the Middle East, which has been going on since 2022, the foreign diplomatic service noted.

The Embassy of Ukraine has officially started work in the Sultanate of Oman / Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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In his speech at the ceremony, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the ening of new embassies in Africa and the Middle East is part of a broader foreign picy course aimed at strengthening Ukraine's ties with the countries in the so-called “Global South”. He also expressed his belief that the establishment of a foreign diplomatic institution will bring bilateral relations between Ukraine and Oman to a qualitatively new level.

"The Sultanate of Oman is of strategic importance for Ukraine in view of its geographical location, a critical re in energy supply chains, a place in the world energy market as a member of EC, the possibility of supplying Ukrainian food to the countries of East Africa, and an authoritative voice in the Coeration Council of the Arab States of the Gulf," noted Sybiha.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, as part of the wave of expansion of Ukraine's diplomatic presence, embassies have already started erating in Botswana, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Mozambique, and Rwanda.