Jarallah meets with Kuwaiti members of joint Kuwaiti-UK Steering Group

LONDON, May 25, (KUNA): Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met on Wednesday with members of the Kuwaiti task groups from government bodies who take part in the eighth meeting of the joint Kuwaiti-UK Steering Group.

The meeting between Kuwaiti and UK officials of the Steering Group started earlier this morning and covered much ground in the relationship between both countries.

Al-Jarallah touted the two-day meeting which he noted would boost bilateral ties in a wide array of interests.

Aimed at broadening and deepening a close and historic relationship which dates back decades, the Joint Steering Group was set up during the state visit to the UK of the Kuwaiti Amir, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in December 2012.

Chairing the meeting from the Kuwaiti side is Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and from the UK side Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa Tobias Ellwood.

The biannual meeting of the Group brings together a large number of government officials from both countries who seek deepening bilateral relations in numerous fields of interest.

Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met on Wednesday with the UK Government Special Envoy to Yemen, Sir Alan Duncan.

The two officials discussed the pace of progress in the Yemen peace negotiations, currently on-going in Kuwait, as well as the status of bilateral relations between Kuwait and the UK.

Attending the meeting was Kuwait’s ambassador to the UK Khaled Al-Duwaisan and a number of Kuwaiti officials from the embassy of Kuwait and the office of Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah.