Kuwaiti lawmakers, Tunisian president meet, promote ties
Kuwaiti efforts for Palestinian children win praise
TUNIS: Means of promoting bilateral ties were the focus of talks held in Tunis between a visiting Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation and President Beji Caid Essebsi. Head of the Kuwaiti National Assembly’s Sixth Parliamentary Friendship Group MP Askar Al-Enezi told KUNA and the Kuwait TV that they had wrapped their visit to Tunisia with “deep and comprehensive” talks with the President at Carthage Palace. The talks aimed to further consolidate bilateral relations, which Al-Enezi referred to as “solid and historical.” They also addressed boosting cooperation between the parliaments in the two countries, exchanging legislative and legal expertise, besides initiatives to increase the flow of investments between both countries.
According to Al-Eenzi, Essebsi urged Kuwaiti and Tunisian lawmakers to intensify exchange of visits and to work harder on bolstering bilateral economic relations. The President highly appreciated efforts by the TunisianKuwaiti Parliamentary Friendship Group, reiterating the deep-rooted ties between the two countries and Kuwait’s sustainable support to the tourist sector in his country. For his part, MP Mohammad Al-Huwailas said that during the meeting with the Tunisian President both sides agreed that “relations between Kuwait and Tunisia are deep-rooted and exceptional” and to work for further developing them.
29th Arab Summit
In another development, the 29th Arab Summit’s preparatory meeting for senior economic and social affairs officials concluded yesterday in Riyadh with a gesture of gratitude towards Kuwait’s stance on supporting Palestinian children. After forwarding draft resolutions to tomorrow’s ministerial meetings, the participants took the chance to thank the State of Kuwait for hosting the 2017 conference on the suffering of the Palestinian children amid violations by Israel. The meeting approved the “Kuwait declaration” on the protection and reinforcement of Palestinian children’s rights and forwarded it to the Arab League Secretariat for implementation.
Senior officials focused their meeting today on files pertaining to the economic and social development of Arab countries. The decisions such as the grand Arab free-trade zone agreement, the unified customs union, and various strategies focused on environmental, economic, media, and social integrations were discussed and forwarded to the ministerial meetings today. The senior officials touched on the issue of the Syrian refugees and the economic and social impacts on hosting Arab countries and forwarded the issue to the upcoming ministers meetings. The Arab strategies for improving healthcare and the protection of the environment as well as the role of society in combating terror ideologies were amongst the items forwarded to the ministerial meetings tomorrow which will include with a gathering for Arab Foreign Ministers ahead of the Arab summit on April 15. The officials welcomed Lebanon’s request to host the fourth Arab economic and social development summit in 2019 and relayed the issue to competent authorities. —Agencies