Qatar signs accord with Oman

MUSCAT, Jan 29 (AFP): Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding with Oman on the development of bilateral investment and trade Sunday, nearly eight months into a crisis between the emirate and its Arab neighbours.

The Omani news agency ONA said the agreement signed in Muscat covers a wide range of cooperation sectors including the production and export of food products from the sultanate to Qatar.

Omani Agriculture Minister Fuad al-Sajwani, quoted by ONA, said the memorandum reflected the "solid relationship" between the two countries. The head of Qatar's delegation, minister of municipalities Mohamed bin Abdallah al-Rumaihi, for his part, hailed the emirate's "strategic relations" with Oman.