Kuwait participates in Arab-German Health Forum

BERLIN, Sept 23, (KUNA): Kuwait’s Ambassador in Berlin Najeeb Al-Bader participated in the 13th Arab-German Health Forum and got acquainted with ongoing efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

Al-Bader, speaking to KUNA Wednesday, said the Health Forum, held in the North Rhine-Westphalia State, Western Germany, enabled him to take first-hand account of Deutschland’s attempts to confront Covid-19 with the objective of eliminating the virus.

He said he exchanged views with experts attending the forum about efforts by some Arab countries to fight the virus, which infected over 20 million people worldwide and killed hundreds of thousands others.

The forum featured many sessions about impacts and challenges posed by the pandemic on health systems, said Al-Bader. The sessions, he added, also included transfer of health expertise and technologies, building of smart hospitals, boosting ArabGerman pharmaceutical cooperation and establishing health partnership between public and private sectors.

Armin Laschet, Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia State, addressed the forum and called for promoting cooperation between the Arab countries and the German state in health and education.

Arab Ambassadors to Germany met with Laschet and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation.