Relationship dossier
India
Oman
Relationship assessment
India and Oman maintain a sustained strategic partnership, including defense cooperation and Indian military access to Duqm port.
India toward Oman
+60India has pursued defense cooperation with Oman through bilateral military arrangements and recurring joint exercises, including naval, army and air force exercises. India also uses access to Oman's Duqm port under a bilateral arrangement, supporting maritime cooperation.
Oman toward India
+60Oman has supported defense cooperation with India through bilateral military arrangements, recurring joint exercises and access for the Indian military at Duqm port. These measures provide a concrete foundation for sustained security ties.
Overall relationship
+60The relationship rests on a strategic partnership and sustained defense cooperation, including military arrangements, recurring exercises and Indian military access to Duqm port. These durable links support a close bilateral relationship; the scope of wider economic arrangements is less certain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Oman maintain a sustained strategic partnership with concrete defense and security cooperation. Their governments have formalized military cooperation, conducted recurring joint exercises and supported Indian military access to Oman's Duqm port. These arrangements underpin a close bilateral relationship, although the scope and implementation of wider economic cooperation are less clear.
Key developments
India and Oman formalized defense cooperation through a bilateral agreement.
India and Oman established a strategic partnership.
A bilateral arrangement provided India access to Oman's Duqm port for military use.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral defense arrangements are unclear.
- The status and expected scope of a proposed India–Oman comprehensive economic partnership agreement are uncertain.