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Kuwaiti FM arrives in Luxembourg for EU-GCC ministerial meet
LUXEMBOURG, Kuwait Deputy Primme Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah arrived here Sunday night to participate in the 20th meeting of GCC-EU Ministerial Council to take place Monday.
He was received at the airport by Kuwait's ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Nabeela Al-Mulla and ohter members of the embassy staff.
Kuwaiti FM arrives in Luxembourg for EU-GCC ministerial meet
LUXEMBOURG, Kuwait Deputy Primme Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah arrived here Sunday night to participate in the 20th meeting of GCC-EU Ministerial Council to take place Monday.
He was received at the airport by Kuwait's ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Nabeela Al-Mulla and ohter members of the embassy staff.
Sheikh Dr. Mohammad is to host a dinner later Sunday night for the GCC delegation participating in the EU-GCC joint ministerial counci meeting.
The Kuwait foreign minister is expected to meet his counterparts from the UK, Cyprus and Romania tomorrow before the EU-GCC ministerial meeting.
Sheikh Dr. Mohammad will chair the EU-GCC ministerial meeting as Kuwait currently holds the GCC Presidency.
EU foreign policy chief Catherie Ashton will chair the meeting from the EU side.
In a statement made in Kuwait before his departure, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad explained that the Luxembourg meeting aims to consolidate and strengthen relations between the regional blocs (the Gulf and Europe), as the agenda would tackle political, economic, environment, energy and terrorism-related issues, as well as aspects of the comprehensive cooperation between the GCC and European Union.
(KUNA)
