KUWAIT CITY, May 9, (KUNA): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah presided here on Sunday over an extraordinary Cabinet meeting at Bayan Palace.
HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, National Assembly (parliament) Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi and Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah were present in the meeting.
Following the meeting, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Roudhan Al-Roudhan said that during the meeting, the Amir briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes of his recent state tour of Germany, Italy, and the Vatican from April 25 to May 6.
He kept the ministers posted on the content of his talks with the leaders, prime ministers and senior officials of the three states, the minister said.
His talks with those leaders focused on ways and means of bolstering and promoting cooperative relations in the political, economic, investment and cultural fields up to fresh horizons for the common benefit of Kuwait and the three European states, he noted.
As part of Kuwait’s interest in economic and development affairs with those countries, the Amir had asked Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Development and Housing Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah to elaborate on the details of the country’s development drive, the Cabinet minister added.
During the extraordinary Cabinet meeting, the Amir also apprised the ministers of agreements concluded with the three European states; involving oil, trade, investment, environment and media sectors, mainly aiming to push forward joint economic partnership between Kuwait and those friendly nations.
The minister also quoted the Amir as hailing identical views with those of European leaders on different regional issues, mainly the Palestinian issue, regional peace and stability, and closer cooperation and coordination between the GCC member states and the European Union (EU).
He briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes of his visit to the Vatican and his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on the significance of interfaith dialogue and building bridges of people-to-people cooperation as well as respect of religions.
In conclusion, the Amir wished that his recent European tour would contribute to opening fresh vistas of cooperation with the Vatican, Germany and Italy, the Cabinet minister said.
For their parts, the Crown Prince, the parliament speaker and the prime minister highly appreciated great efforts exerted by the Amir and his accompanying delegation during the European tour, which they hoped would bear fruit in the near future for the common benefit of Kuwait and those friendly nations.