AAEC chief stresses ‘strengthening’ security ties between Kuwait & China

Bid to help change face of the region

KUWAIT CITY, July 15: Head of African-Asian Economic Council Tariq bin Eid Al-Obaid stressed the importance of enhancing the political, economic and security relations between Kuwait and China for improving the stability of the region due to the outstanding global political and economic places held by China, reports Al-Nahar daily.

Al-Obaid described the visit of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to China as a “historic visit” that can push forward the Gulf-Chinese strategic partnership, help change the face of the region and limit the ongoing disputes in all fields.

He affirmed that the visit can expedite the implementation of the projects in the north of Kuwait and open new horizons of cooperation and commercial exchange.

Al-Obaid said the visit of His Highness the Amir to China was aimed at attracting Chinese investors, from both government and private sectors, to avail the available investment opportunities.

KUWAIT CITY, July 15, (KUNA): Chairman of the Board and Director-General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Sheikh Mubarak Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah discussed cooperation with Bahrain News Agency (BNA) Director General Ahmad Al-Mannai Sunday.

The talks, held at KUNA headquarters in Shuwaikh administrative area, dealt with all relevant fields that serve the two brotherly countries and contribute to enhancing relations, developing work and performance, as well as exchanging views on regional and global events.

The two sides agreed on the importance of communication and consultation between the officials of the two agencies, increasing the cooperation between them in all fields, exchanging visits, experiences and news, as well as coordinating their positions in international media activities.

KUNA expressed its readiness to provide BNA with effective lecturers and media expertise at the Arab level.

They also stressed the need to develop the Arab media to keep abreast of the rapid global developments and exchange experiences with various international institutions to reach the desired media goals and objectives.

The discussion focused on the important role played by the Arab News Agencies Federation (FANA) in enhancing cooperation between the Arab news agencies and communication with international media agencies and institutions in addition to its role in training and developing the performance of Arab media.

Sheikh Mubarak accompa-

Chairman of the Board and Director-General of KUNA Sheikh Mubarak Duaij Al-Ibrabim Al-Sabah during his talks

with BNA counterpart Ahmad Al-Mannai.

nied Al-Mannai and his delegation on a tour of the KUNA building.

They were briefed on the work progress in the Liberation Hall and the development processes witnessed by the Agency in recent years and the news services provided by them.

During the tour, Deputy DirectorGeneral and Chief Editor of KUNA, Saad Al-Ali, gave a detailed explanation on the progress of work in the editorial hall and the information services provided by the Agency.

For his part, BNA Director General thanked Sheikh Mubarak for his invitation to visit Kuwait and handed him and the Chief Editor souvenirs.

Deputy Director General for Editorial Affairs and Editor-inChief Saad Al-Ali, Director of Public and International Relations Issam Al-Ruwaih, head of the Director-General Office Nayef Al-Otaibi, BNA Chief Editor Ali Al-Thawadi and News Coordinator Ahmed Al-Ansari attended the talks.

Meanwhile,

Al-Mannai

told KUNA the close relations between Bahrain and Kuwait are a model of brotherly relations based on a long history of bilateral cooperation at all levels to serve the interests of both countries and people under the leadership of King of Bahrain Hamad bin Khalifa and His Highness Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

On his part, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij said in a similar statement he was pleased by the visit of the Director-General of Bahrain News Agency (BNA) to his second country Kuwait and responded to this official invitation and congratulated him on his new position.

Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij said that the visit came within the framework of mutual visits between the directors-general of the Arab news agencies and discussing means of enhancing cooperation between the two agencies, which have a strong relationship.

He noted that there was almost weekly contact between the two agencies and mutual visits at the level of officials as well as in the

field of media training.

Minister of Finance Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf has issued a ministerial decision to accept the resignation of Undersecretary of Ministry of Finance Khalifa Musaed Hamada, reports Al-Qabas daily.

According to the ministerial decree No. 38/2018 issued after reviewing the Civil Service Law and the resignation submitted by the undersecretary of the ministry on May 9 as well as based on the public’s interest, the resignation of Hamada was considered acceptable effective from June 8 by law.

In addition, Minister Dr Al-Hajraf issued a decision to appoint Assistant Undersecretary for Public Budget Affairs Saleh Al-Sarawi as the Acting Undersecretary of Ministry of Finance in the coming period.

With the acceptance of his resignation, Undersecretary Khalifa Hamada would have completed a career spanning more than 25 years at Ministry of Finance during which he held a number of leadership positions.