<br/>India and Oman today signed a MoU on bilateral cultural exchange. The MoU was signed by Mr.Jawahar Sarcar, Secretary, Ministry of Culture on behalf of government of India and Mr.Humaid Al-Mnnani, Ambassador of Sultanate of Oman in India. The cultural agreement comes into force immediately and will remain in place for five years. It will stand renew automatically thereafter for successive periods of five years. The agreement will also encourage corporation in the protection of intellectual property rights.