Bahraini minister hails Amir for his role in regional stability
Speaker Al-Ghanim wraps up 3-day visit to Sweden
MANAMA, March 25, (KUNA): Bahraini Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad Al-Mutawa hailed His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for his primary role in maintaining stability and peace in the Gulf area.
A statement by the Kuwaiti embassy in Bahrain on Friday said Al-Mutawa, during a meeting with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain Sheikh Azzam Al-Sabah, acknowledged the strong relationship that bonds the two nations.
On his part, Sheikh Azzam AlSabah praised the Bahraini-Kuwaiti relations, pointing out “the perfect relationship has remained intact between the two nations,” He praised the Kingdom for its keenness on bolstering the bilateral relations with Kuwait.
Meanwhile, Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim held talks with Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Isabella Lovin, also Minister for International Development Cooperation, in Stockholm Friday.
The talks addressed ways to coordinate Kuwaiti-Swedish stands toward a number of several regional and international issues such as terrorism and Arab-European cooperation prospects, Natiaonal Assembly’s media and public relations department said in a press statement.
The two sides also discussed their bilateral relations and similarities between their countries’ foreign policies, particularly in humanitarian intervention and efforts in conflict and disaster-stricken countries, pointing out the urgency to coordinating joint effort in that regard.
For her part, Lovin commended Kuwait’s recent humanitarian efforts, especially in organizing and hosting three international donors’ conferences for Syria, in addition to its countless aid and relief campaigns in several countries in Asia and Africa.
In return, Al-Ghanim praised Stockholm’s foreign policy in supporting peace initiatives and a number of Arab issues, particularly the Palestinian cause, pointing out Sweden as the first European country to recognize Palestine as an independent state.
Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim, along with his entourage, concluded on Saturday a three-day official visit to Sweden.
Speaker Al-Ghanim and his associates were seen off at the airport in Sweden by the State of Kuwait Ambassador to the nation, Nabil AlDekheel.
The delegation, comprising a number of MPs, was in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday, where the legislators took part in the Arab InterParliamentary Union conference, before they proceeded to Sweden on Tuesday for meetings with the nation’s officials and counterparts.