AI, Cyber security: Arab youths should be empowered

CAIRO: It is imperative to support Arab youths in all activities related to artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security, Kuwait’s Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Minister of State for Communications Dawood Maarafi said Wednesday. Speaking to KUNA at the end of the 47th meeting of Arab youth and sports ministers, Maarafi, also Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, added that current times are rapidly accelerating, which requires paying attention to technology serving development in all Arab countries.

It is necessary to empower and better prepare youth for such technology, he said, noting that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has been supporting youth as they are future leaders. The government, headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, has set a roadmap to support youth initiatives in all related domains, Maarafi concluded.

GCC ministerial session

Meanwhile, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Al-Budaiwi affirmed on Thursday that the council’s 159th ministerial session would be held next Sunday in Riyadh in addition to separate meetings with foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, and Morocco. The GCC secretary-general said in a statement that the ministerial meeting would be chaired by Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammad Al-Thani, the president of the GCC ministerial council’s current session, and the conferees would discuss reports concerning follow-up on implementing resolutions of the GCC Supreme Council, issued at the 44th summit, held in Qatar in December.

He added that they would also discuss memos and reports submitted by the ministerial and technical committees as well as the GCC Secretariat General with respect to dialogue and strategic relations with states and international coalitions, in addition to regional and international affairs. He noted that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry would hold the talks with the GCC on the sidelines of the session, while Jordan and Morocco would be engaged in identical and separate talks by the two countries’ foreign ministers, respectively, Ayman Al-Safadi and Nasser Bourita.

The meetings between the GCC and the Jordanian and Moroccan sides would be part of the distinctive relationship and partnerships. The GCC, founded in the early 1980s of the past century, groups Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman. The bloc was set up to coordinate strategies at various levels. — KUNA