BAGHDAD, June 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, arrived Sunday, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on an official visit to hold talks with Iraqi leaders, aimed at promoting bilateral ties.
A statement by the office of Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said that, al-Kadhimi received in his office the Kuwaiti minister, who carried a message from the Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, over bilateral relations.
“During the meeting, the two sides discussed the challenges of water security and the file of terrorism, which described as a common challenge among the countries of the region, as well as, discussing the economic crisis and the decline of global oil prices,” the statement said.
The Kuwaiti minister confirmed that dealing with the economic crisis can take place on three levels, which are the movement at the world states level, international institutions and at the regional level through cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council, which Iraq can benefit from, in the field of electricity interconnection and other areas.
For his part, al-Kadhimi stressed “the importance of strengthening security and economic cooperation between the two countries, in a manner that serves the stability and prosperity of the region.”
He also pledged that his government will continue to cooperate on the issue of Kuwaiti prisoners in the Gulf War in 1991, it added.
Relations between Kuwait and Iraq have been strengthened in recent years, after severing relations for many years, following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the U.S.-led war to liberate it in 1991.– NNN-XINHUA
