Cyprus House President Demetris Syllouris met on Sunday in Muskat with the Chairman of the Consultative Council (Lower House) of the Sultanate of Oman Sheikh Khalid Hilal Al Maawali in Muskat. During the meeting, Syllouris handed his counterpart a written note in which he outlined a proposal for the establishment of small Middle East states group.
President Syllouris, head of a parliamentary delegation comprising MPs Nicos Tornaritis, Irene Charalambidou, Christiana Erotokritou, Costis Efstathiou, and Michalis Yiorgallas, began today an official visit to the Sultanate of Oman at the invitation of Al Maawali.
Speaking during his meeting with his counterpart Al Maawali, Syllouris explained that the creation of the group would provide for low-policy cooperation which in turn would help the relations between these countries and would facilitate conditions of peace and development in the region.
On his part, Chairman Al Maawali said he was pleased with this initiative, stressing that this low-level political cooperation between the small countries of the Middle East could contribute positively in the international developments in the area and to the enhancement of the friendship between the people of those countries.
Syllouris and the delegation also met during the first day of the official visit to Oman with the Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmood al Said, the Minister of Diwan of Royal Court Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal al Busaidi, the Chairman of the State Council (Upper House) Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Sultanate of Oman Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development Salem bin Nasser Al-Ismaily.
In statements after the meetings, Syllouris said that the revival of our relations with old friends, such as the Oman, as well as the upgrading of relations with new forms of cooperation in the economic sector, education, research and many other areas, is necessary and useful. As he pointed out, that was the spirit during his today’s meetings.
Stressing that there is a political will to turn this good relationship into practical results, Syllouris said that these practical results concern two pillars. The first is about bilateral relations in all areas, and the second, touches upon the support to his proposal for the creation of a group of small Middle Eastern states.