Kuwait, France discuss agriculture, marine cooperation
PARIS: Kuwait is keen to strengthen cooperation with France in the agriculture and marine fields to benefit from the latter’s expertise, said Kuwaiti Ambassador to France Sami Al-Sulaiman yesterday. The ambassador further noted that he was briefed during his visit to Cherbourg, in the Manche department northwest of France, with the latest in heavy industry, technical experiments and the use of modern technology in the field of agriculture and food products. He also said that he visited the city’s naval base and inspected advanced equipment for boat and shipbuilding.
Ambassador Sulaiman expressed Kuwait’s content in the advanced level of military cooperation between the two countries, especially in the maritime field. He stressed that his visit to the city comes as part of a series of meetings held by the embassy in various French cities in order to expand the base of Kuwaiti relations. Ambassador Sulaiman also met with the chairman and board members of the Kryolan Agrial Group for biological food industries in the neighboring commune of Lisses.
Ambassador Sulaiman’s visit to the city came at the invitation of the region’s senator and member of the French Senate Regional Planning and Sustainable Development Committee, Jean-Michel Olgat. The visit included a tour of a number of factories in the city, such as Avinor Group for Metallurgical Industries, which is multi-tasked in producing components of nuclear reactors.