Joint meeting to help formulate common visions

Observer

18-05-2025

MUSCAT: The Council of Ministers and the Majlis Ash'shura on Sunday held a joint meeting at the Council of Ministers' premises in accordance with the Basic Law of the State and the Council of Oman Law.
The meeting was aimed to support ongoing cooperation among institutions of the state and formulate common visions that contribute to the implementation of public policies and the promotion of the country's supreme interest.
HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmood al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, and members of the Council of Ministers received Khalid bin Hilal al Maawali, Chairman of Majlis Ash'shura, and members of the Majlis Ash'shura Office.
At the outset of the meeting, HH Sayyid Fahd underscored the importance of the Majlis Ash'shura's coordination with the government towards enhancing the process of comprehensive development witnessed by the Sultanate of Oman. He reviewed means of supporting cooperation between the two councils in a manner that maintains efforts to serve the nation and its citizens.
The meeting also laid emphasis on the priority accorded by the Council of Ministers to the role of the Majlis Ash'shura as a partner in the nation-building process. In pursuance of this approach, service ministers periodically respond to the Majlis Ash'shura's request (to the ministers) to submit ministerial statements that explain efforts made by government units to implement projects, according to the priorities of each phase to provide the best services to citizens.
The proposals and opinions of the Majlis Ash'shura members are studied and incorporated into economic and social plans and programmes.
The joint meeting reviewed several topics, including continued coordination and cooperation with the government, as well as ways to enhance community awareness programmes and activate the role of the Coordination Committee that liaises between the two councils.
For their part, the Majlis Ash'shura chairman and the members of the Majlis Ash'shura's Office expressed the importance of the joint meeting and the positive outcomes that it yielded. They spoke about various matters of significance to the public interest. They also expressed their thanks and appreciation to the government and to the country's leadership for their efforts in supporting cooperation between the two councils.
The Majlis Ash'shura members affirmed that the next phase of development would see more coordination envisaged to safeguard the gains made so far in the march of progress and prosperity in Oman. - ONA