Oman and Brunei raise ties to a strategic partnership on the first state visit by an Omani Sultan to Brunei

3 November 2026

Sultan Haitham bin Tarik paid the first state visit by an Omani Sultan to Brunei Darussalam. He and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah signed a joint statement raising relations to a strategic partnership. Diplomatic ties were set up in 1984. Five documents were signed, including a visa exemption agreement for diplomatic, special, service and official passport holders, and memoranda on agriculture and fisheries, labour, health and economic planning. Sultan Haitham received Brunei's Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei, and he conferred Oman's highest honour, the Order of Al Said, on the Sultan of Brunei.