Kuwait, UAE discuss bilateral military cooperation
Above photos show Kuwait National Guard’s Lieut-Gen Al-Rifai during a meeting with the delegation from UAE Joint Command and Staff College headed by Col Sultan Meftah. Enhancing bilateral cooperation and sharing expertise were the focus of a meeting held between Undersecretary of Kuwait National Guard (KNG) Lieutenant General Hashim Al-Rifai and a delegation from the United Arab Emirates Joint Command and Staff College headed by Colonel Sultan Meftah.
Lieutenant General Al-Rifai stressed the importance of this visit to cement academic and military cooperation between the two sides, KNG said in a statement on Wednesday.
This contributes to materializing the vision of the wise leaderships in the two sisterly countries and meeting their aspirations to achieve development through sharing expertise, it added.
This is also part of the KNG’s strategic document 2020 that includes ambitious goals to upgrade the role of KNG and enhance its efficiency as well as cope up with the best military institutions of both sisterly and friendly countries, Al-Rifai noted in the statement.
He conveyed to the UAE’s delegation greetings of Chief of KNG His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah and Deputy of KNG Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah. The visiting delegation met with head of operation and plans Maj Gen Faleh Shujaa who made a brief presentation on the plans and missions of the KNG, according to the statement.
The meeting included some senior officials of the two sides.(KUNA)