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TheUnited States relationship withOman dates back 200 years, with American merchant ships making port calls in Oman as early as 1790. Oman was the first nation from theArabian Peninsula to recognize the United States, sending an envoy in 1841.[1]
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The United States had established trade relations with the Sultanate in the early years of American independence. The firstTreaty of Amity and Commerce[2] was concluded atMuscat on 21 September 1833, byEdmund Roberts andSaid bin Sultan. The treaty was the first agreement of its kind with an independentArab state in thePersian Gulf. This initial treaty was replaced by the Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights signed atSalalah on 20 December 1958.[citation needed]
A U.S.consulate was maintained in Muscat from 1880 until 1916. Thereafter, U.S. interests in Oman were handled by U.S. diplomats resident in other countries. In 1972, the U.S.ambassador inKuwait was accredited also as the first U.S. ambassador to Oman, and the U.S.embassy, headed by a residentcharge d'affaires, was opened. Thefirst resident U.S. ambassador took up his post in July 1974. The Oman embassy was opened in Washington, DC, in 1973.[citation needed]
U.S.-Omani relations were deepened in 1980 by the conclusion of two important agreements. One provided access to Omani military facilities by U.S. forces under agreed-upon conditions. The other agreement established a Joint Commission for Economic and Technical Cooperation, located in Muscat, to provide U.S. economic assistance to Oman. The Joint Commission continued in existence until the mid-1990s. APeace Corps program, which assisted Oman mainly in the fields of health and education, was initiated in 1973 and phased out in 1983. A team from theFederal Aviation Administration worked with Oman's Civil Aviation Department on a reimbursable basis but was phased out in 1992.[citation needed]
In 1974 and April 1983, SultanQaboos of Oman made state visits to the United States. Vice President George H. W. Bush visited Oman in 1984 and 1986, and PresidentBill Clinton visited briefly in March 2000.[citation needed]
Vice PresidentDick Cheney visited Oman in 2002, 2005, and 2006.
In March 2005, the U.S. and Oman launched negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement that were successfully concluded in October 2005. The FTA was signed on 19 January 2006, and went into force on 1 January 2009.[3]
Following the termination of the BritishPersian Gulf Residency and withdrawal of British troops in 1971, the U.S. and Oman have maintained a strong defense partnership with the latter earning accolades for its leadership role in the mediation of theYemeni Civil War and the negotiations that formed the 2015Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and its overall promotion of stability in the region.[4]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromU.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.United States Department of State.
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