We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
and the Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Transport Cooperation in the Arab Mashreq signed by the Sultanate at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on 31 December 2005,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The mentioned memorandum of understanding is hereby ratified.
Article II
Competent entities shall deposit the instrument of ratification of the memorandum in accordance with its provisions.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 28 Jumada Al-Awwal 1427
Corresponding to: 25 June 2006
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 818 issued on 1 July 2006.