Kuwaiti official stresses press freedom promotion events
KUWAIT: A senior Kuwaiti media official underlined yesterday the significance of conferences and events aiming at the promotion of the press freedom. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a conference on media freedom in the Arab world, Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information Tareq Al-Merzem said media promotion gatherings reflect the spirit of the Kuwaiti constitution where press freedom is enshrined.
The Ministry of Information is eager to support all events and forums that are meant to promote the media freedom, the official added. These conferences are considered a major supporter of the media professionalism, he said, adding that he is so proud of the Kuwaiti press which plays a key role in the Middle East media scene.
The undersecretary considered these gatherings and events a good opportunity for the conferees to share experience in the media field. He hoped that today’s conference would come up with concrete recommendations and suggestions that are mainly aimed at encouraging and spurring the media freedom. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Federation of Arab Journalists Moayed Allami hailed the State of Kuwait as ‘pioneering’ in the promotion of public freedoms in general and freedom of the press in particular.
Allami, who is also the Iraqi press association’s chairman, believed that the press plays an influential role in Kuwait, which is very developed in the media domain. He recalled that Kuwait was the first Arabian Gulf country to have a chairwoman of the Kuwait Journalists Association.