Western Sydney University allocates eight seats for Kuwaiti students
Ambassador, Governor discuss investments
Western Sydney University has allocated eight seats in human medicine major yearly to Kuwaiti students, head of the Kuwait Cultural Office in Australia Dr Fahad Al-Ajmi announced yesterday.
Ajmi met with the university president Barney Glover and other officials where they signed the agreement to assign eight seats for Kuwaiti students staring from this year until five years, the office said in a statement. Ajmi praised the partnership between the cultural office and the university especially that this number of students is unprecedented compared with foreign students. Meanwhile, Glover expressed happiness for the strengthening of relations between the office and the university, expressing the university’s keenness to support the Kuwaiti students’ career while they are pursuing their education there. Western Sydney University, is an Australian multi-campus university. It was founded in 1989, and is currently ranked among the top 400 in the world in the 2014 QS World University Rankings and 19th in Australia in 2015.
Investments
In other news, Kuwait’s oil and food investments in Western Australia were the focus of talks Kuwait’s Ambassador Najib Abdulrahman Al-Bader discussed with Kerry Sanderson, the region’s governor. Following the meeting with Sanderson at the presidential palace, Al-Bader said that it was part of the efforts to promote bilateral ties in all fields, according to a press release by the Kuwaiti embassy. He added that he had conveyed greetings of the Kuwaiti leadership to the Western Australian Governor. During the meeting, Sanderson reiterated keenness on boosting ties with Kuwait, for mutual benefit. The press release said the two sides had addressed various issues of common concern, focusing on the Kuwaiti oil and food investments in the region.
Bader noted that Kuwait is among Australia’s top 20 trade partners. The envoy stressed the importance of the Western Australian city of Perth for Kuwait, mainly for investments reasons. The Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) has various activities there.
In addition, the Livestock Shipping Services company is based in the city, Bader said, noting that Kuwait tops the list of Middle Eastern importers of Australian sheep, according to Australian official data. Moreover, there are 170 Kuwaitis studying engineering in Perth.
Bolstering ties
Separately, Bader and the Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Michael Sutherland held a meeting in the City of Perth, discussing means to bolster ties. According to a statement by the Kuwaiti embassy, the two officials touched on issues of regional and international importance.
Ambassador Bader conveyed greetings of Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem to the Australian lawmaker. Meanwhile, Sutherland expressed Australia’s utter commitment to develop relations with Kuwait. Sutherland took Ambassador Bader on a tour of the historical building of the Western Australia Legislative Assembly. — KUNA