Speaker meets ambassadors, other guests
KUWAIT: Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem met yesterday with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Azerbaijan Saud AlRoumi. He also received Kuwait’s Ambassador to Spain Ayada Al-Saeedi, as well as the newlyappointed Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Li Minggang. Furthermore, Ghanem received Kuwaiti cancer activist Shaima Al-Eidi on the occasion of her receiving Kuwait humanitarian ribbon by the Kuwait Charity Forum.
Meanwhile, Ghanem received founders of Ban Ki-moon Center for Global Citizens, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former President of Austria Heinz Fischer. The meeting was held on the occasion of the third board meeting and the woman empowerment forum, held in Kuwait. The meeting was attended by Kuwaiti Ambassador to Austria and permanent representative at international organizations Sadiq Maarafi.
Also yesterday, Ghanem received a visiting Jordanian-Kuwaiti Parliamentary Committee delegation headed by MP Haitham Al-Zaidan. During the meeting, they discussed the deep relations between the two countries and ways of strengthening parliament-to-parliament cooperation through exchanging relevant expertise, AlDustour news network said in a press statement. Several Kuwaiti members of parliament also attended the meeting. The head of the Jordanian-Kuwaiti Parliamentary Committee arrived in Kuwait on Saturday for a four-day official visit. — KUNA