Oman Opens Tourist Restaurants and Swimming Pools in Hotels

An Omani shopping at the souq in the city of Nizwa, about 160 kilometers southwest of the capital Muscat. (AFP)
An Omani shopping at the souq in the city of Nizwa, about 160 kilometers southwest of the capital Muscat. (AFP)
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Oman Opens Tourist Restaurants and Swimming Pools in Hotels

An Omani shopping at the souq in the city of Nizwa, about 160 kilometers southwest of the capital Muscat. (AFP)
An Omani shopping at the souq in the city of Nizwa, about 160 kilometers southwest of the capital Muscat. (AFP)

Oman will allow as of Tuesday the reopening of tourist and international restaurants, as well as gyms and swimming pools located in hotels, under certain regulations and requirements.

Oman’s ministry of tourism said on Monday that the supreme committee for dealing with COVID-19 approved the reopening.

The supreme committee had also announced the ending of the ban on night movement as of Saturday.

Oman has recorded 83,226 coronavirus cases, including 588 deaths and 77,812 recoveries.



Saudi-Kuwaiti Talks Focus on Ways to Strengthen Security Cooperation

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
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Saudi-Kuwaiti Talks Focus on Ways to Strengthen Security Cooperation

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Minister of Interior, held official talks with Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday.
The talks focused on ways to promote security cooperation between the two countries, especially in combating drug trafficking, as well as discussing several other issues of mutual interest.

The Saudi Minister stressed that the meeting is in line with the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to enhance the two countries’ security cooperation.

The Kuwaiti official arrived earlier in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, where he was warmly welcomed by the Saudi Minister of Interior and several senior officials from both countries.