KUNA chief receives Saudi Crown Prince’s media delegation
KUWAIT: Chairman and Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Sheikh Mubarak Duaij AlIbrahim Al-Sabah received the media delegation accompanying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud at KUNA’s headquarters yesterday.
The delegation, headed by Chairman of Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Abdullah Bin Fahad Al-Hussain, includes chief editor of Aljazeera newspaper Khaled Al-Malek, chief editor of Al-Watan newspaper Othman Bin Mahmoud Al-Seeny, their counterpart at Al-Madina newspaper Fahad Al-Aqran, editor-in-chief at Sabq electronic newspaper Ali Abdulfatah, said Spokesperson of the Ministry of Information Dr Abdullah Al-Maghlooth. The Kuwaiti side at the meeting consisted of KUNA board members, Deputy Director General for Financial and Administrative Affairs Abdulhameed Malak, Chief Editor Saad Al-Ali, the director of the general director’s bureau Nayef AlOtaibi and the director of marketing and public relations Esam Al-Rowayeh. The two parties discussed their significant media relations and ways of strengthening these ties to include all media sectors.
On his part, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij said “the Crown Prince’s visit to Kuwait is very important in light of the challenges that the Arab region is facing, in addition to the two countries’ keenness on consultation and coordination on various causes, regionally and internationally.” While Al-Hussain affirmed in a statement to KUNA his keenness to regularly meet with Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Sabah, noting such that a gathering constitutes an opportunity to benefit from Sheikh Mubarak’s long media expertise at the local, Gulf and Arab levels. —KUNA