Regional challenges facing Mideast and global peace efforts discussed
Kuwait-Ireland seek boost in ties
NEW YORK, Sept 23, (KUNA): Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah attended the 14th annual banquet on Middle East peace.
International Peace Institute’s (IPI) President Terje Rod-Larsen, in coordination with the UAE, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, organized the event held Sunday on the sideline of the 74th UN General Assembly.
The meeting focused on the regional challenges facing the Middle East and the international efforts geared towards peace, including the Palestine cause.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah headed Kuwait’s delegation at Gulf Cooperation Council annual ministerial talks in New York on Sunday.
The talks, headed by Oman’s Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi, discussed GCC and global coordination ahead of United Nations General Assembly meetings.
The discussions also focused on vital matters scheduled on the agenda of talks with other nations, including
recent regional and global developments, also set for the agenda of the General Assembly session.
Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has met Foreign Minister of the Republic of Ireland Simon Coveney on sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly UNSC.
Both sides discussed ways to enhance the close bilateral relations between the two countries on all levels.
They also discussed the candidacy
of the Republic of Ireland for non-permanent membership of the UNSC for the period 2021-2022, and other international and regional issues of mutual concern. The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for Affairs of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ambassador Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Ambassador of Kuwait to the United Nations Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi, Ambassador Nasser Abdullah Al-Hayen, the Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations’ Affairs, and other senior officers at the Foreign Ministry.