Sultan Qaboos Bin Said on Monday stressed the importance of safeguarding and protecting the development achieved by the Sultanate so that the coming generations can continue along the path. Presiding over the annual meeting of the Council of Oman at Al Hisn Hall in Hay Al Shatti in Salalah, he said the Sultanate's Renaissance began from the Governorate of Dhofar and it was there that the first steps were taken towards the achievement of its hopes. Sultan Qaboos affirmed that the Sultanate is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its progress, during the course of which its achievements in many fields are plain for all to see and have changed the face of life in Oman, enabling it to assume a position of eminence at both regional and international levels. “Oman has been able to realize much of what we had aspired towards. Everything that has been achieved within a precise balance between preserving the best elements of our heritage, in which we take pride, and the demands of the present day which require us to adapt to the spirit of the modern age - while at the same time corresponding to its civilization, modern science and technology and benefiting from the latest developments in the various spheres of public and private life,” he was quoted as saying by Oman News Agency (ONA). --MORE
