VOL. XXXIX

No. 19

5-February-1996

OMAN

Oman And Israel Sign Trade Representation Agreement

Oman and Israel on 27 January signed in Muscat an agreement for the setting up of representative commercial offices in each other's countries, the first such deal to be concluded between Israel and an Arab Gulf state. According to a statement issued by the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the accord constitutes part of "the peace process in the Middle East on the bilateral and multilateral...