Crown Prince receives Prime Minister; Speaker, Defense Minister meet ambassadors
Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad congratulates Saudi King on anniversary
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem received Kuwaiti Ambassador to Azerbaijan Saud Al-Roumi in his office. The speaker also met Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdelal Al-Qenai.
In the meantime, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah held talks with Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait Takashi Ashiki, accompanied by Japanese military attache, on issues of common interest. The meeting dealt with many topics, such as Kuwait’s future vision 2035 as well as how to benefit from Japanese expertise in this field, said the Defense Ministry in a statement. Sheikh Nasser praised the deep bilateral relations between the two countries, it added.
Also yesterday, Kuwait’s Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri met yesterday with a number of ambassadors in Kuwait, where they discussed many cultural and media issues, in addition to finding ways to enhance the ongoing cooperation among them. Minister Al-Jabri met with Russian Ambassador Nikolay Makarov, Australian Ambassador Jonathan Gilbert, Brazilian Ambassador to Kuwait Norton de Andrade, and Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Elkhan Gahraman, a statement by Kuwait’s Ministry of Information.
Saudi anniversary
In other news, Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad sent a cable of congratulations to Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on the fourth anniversary of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud’s fourth anniversary of assuming power. In the cable, Sheikh Nasser praised King Salman’s achievements and decisions in different fields, while wishing Saudi Crown Prince good health.
Furthermore, Kuwait’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sheikh Thamer Jaber AlAhmad Al-Sabah congratulated Saudi Arabia on the occasion of the four-year anniversary of the ascendency of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. The warm sentiments were expressed in a press statement addressed to King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and the Saudi people. The ambassador wished the Kingdom prosperity and further accomplishments, underlining that bilateral relations would remain a model for transparent and devoted brotherly companionship and fruitful cooperation under the two countries’ wise leaderships.