A group of Kuwaiti youth went on a tour on bicycles through Europe to bring awareness towards Crohn’s disease. —
Interior minister, US official discuss cooperation
PARIS, July 10, (KUNA): A group of Kuwaiti youth went on a tour on bicycles through Europe to bring awareness towards Crohn’s disease, in cooperation with the Global Biking Initiative (GBI).
Speaking to KUNA on Tuesday, Kuwait Ambassador to France Sami Al-Suleiman who received the team, stressed the importance of the youth’s tour to spread awareness towards a disease suffered by many people in Kuwait and the world.
He noted that the team chose France as a start point for their tour since the country is very famous in treating medical cases and conducting research in the field.
On her part, head of the team Sara Al-Hubail said the initiative aims to aid those suffering the disease and many of them are young people, due to lack of awareness on the sickness.
The Kuwaiti group along with 400 others from around the world went on a tour last week visiting different international organizations related to education, health and sports in Denmark, Germany, Sweden and finally Paris, where they learned the causes and symptoms of the disease and ways to prevent it, she added.
Al-Hubail noted that this is the first time a Kuwaiti team takes part in this event, adding that the tour also aims to fund local charitable bodies such as the Patients Helping Fund Society and Kuwait Food Bank. Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation of the digestive tract, leading to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition. The disease is chronic and Inflammation caused by it can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people.
Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah held talks on Tuesday with Acting US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Sigal Mandelker, focusing on bilateral ties.
In his meeting with Mandelker, who also serves as undersecretary of the US Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, the Kuwaiti interior minister highlighted the camaraderie that both nations share, particularly, their security cooperation, read a statement by the Interior Ministry.
Meanwhile, the US official said that Washington’s security cooperation with Kuwait is a testament to the breadth of bilateral ties.
As part of her official visit to Kuwait, Mandelker also had an encounter with Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for the Affairs of the Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister’s Office Ambassador Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah.
The talks, which brought together senior officials and diplomats from both nations, primarily dealt with Kuwait’s contributions towards the global fight against terrorism, the Kuwaiti foreign ministry said in a statement.