23 October 2006
MUSCAT -- His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has exchanged cables of greetings with leaders of the Arab and Islamic countries on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr.

In his cables, His Majesty the Sultan wished them good health and happiness and their people further progress and prosperity.

The leaders of the Arab and Islamic countries extended their heartfelt greetings to His Majesty the Sultan on this occasion, wishing him happiness and good health and the Omani people and the Islamic nation further progress and prosperity.

His Majesty the Sultan exchanged cables of greetings with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia; His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE; His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain; His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, emir of Qatar; His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, emir of Kuwait; King Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; King Mohammed VI of Morocco; President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali of the Republic of Tunisia; President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika of Algeria; President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Djibouti; President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Beshir of the Republic of Sudan; President Bashar Al Assad of the Arab Republic of Syria; President Abdullah Yousef Ahmed of the Democratic Republic of Somalia; President Jalal Talbani of the Republic of Iraq; President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority; President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi of the Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros; Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, president of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; President Hosni Mubarak of the Arab Republic of Egypt; Colonel Ali Ould Mohammed Vall, head of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy; President of the state in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the Yemeni Republic; Sultan Haji Hassan Al Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam; Sultan Tuanku Sayid Sirajuddin, paramount ruler of Malaysia; President Ilham Haidar Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan; President Hamid Karzai of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of the Republic of Indonesia; President Islam A. Karimov of the Republic of Uzbekistan; President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran; President Pervez Musharraf of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; President Ayadh A'deen Ahmed of the People's Republic of Bangladesh; President Saparmurad Niyazov of the Republic of Turkmenistan; President Ahmet Necedet Sezer of the Republic of Turkey; President Idriss Deby of the Republic of Chad; President Omar Bongo of the Republic of Gabon; President Yahya Jammeh of the Republic of Gambia; President Abdullah Wadd of the Republic of Senegal; President Al Haj Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of the Republic of Sierra Leone; President Imam Ali Rehmanov of the Republic of Tajikistan; President Nursultan A. Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan; President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan; President Maumoon Abdul-Ghayoom of the Republic Maldives; President Amadou Tomani Tory of the Republic of Mali and President Mamadou Tandja of the Republic of Niger.

© Times of Oman 2006