Ministers briefed on foreign dignitaries’ visits to country
Cabinet extends condolences to victims of Texas storm
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 29, (KUNA): The weekly Cabinet session on Tuesday got started with His Highness the Prime Minister expressing congratulations to His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince and the Kuwaiti people on advent of Eid Al-Adha.
The session proceeded with the foreign minister briefing the executives about last week’s visit to the country by the Chinese deputy premier, whose talks with the senior officials dealt with boosting cooperation between his country and the State of Kuwait in political, economic and trade spheres. During his visit, Kuwaiti and Chinese officials inked a number of accords and memos for cooperation in the oil, business, infrastructural and economic sectors.
The ministers expressed satisfaction at outcome of the Chinese official’s visit and expressed confidence that the ties with Beijing would be enhanced.
He also informed the ministers about outcome of the visit by the UN chief Antonio Guterres to the country and topics he discussed with His Highness the Amir; where he had also praised His Highness’ role as the Humanitarian Leader. He had also expressed support for His Highness’ good-will mediation to resolve the inter-GCC crisis.
Sheikh Sabah Khaled made a presentation about outcome of the visit to the country by the Russian foreign minister, who affirmed Moscow’s backing for Kuwait’s efforts to resolve the GCC crisis and defuse regional tension.
Results
For his part, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense addressed the session about results of the visit to the country by the British Secretary of Defense and the Kuwaiti minister’s recent visit to Turkey.
The ministers were briefed about a recommendation by the public services committee on tackling some “obstacles” at the housing Saad Al-Abdullah project and South Al-Mutlaa venture.
They also examined recommendations by a special panel on Sabah Al-Salem University in Al-Shadadiah.
For his part, the minister of education briefed the officials about preparations for the new scholastic year.
The Cabinet on Tuesday expressed its heartfelt sympathies over the destruction that Hurricane Harvey, which has caused unprecedented flooding in
the southern US state of Texas, left in its wake. In its routine meeting, the Cabinet said that Kuwait’s heart goes out to all of
the victims of the catastrophic storm.
Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas late Friday as a
Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour (209 km per hour), making it the strongest storm to hit the state since 1961.