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US committed to Kuwait's security, stability - Kerry

Kuwait, US agree roadmap for deepening mutually beneficial partnerships




Kuwait, US agree roadmap for deepening mutually beneficial partnerships

21/10/2016

Whashington: Kuwait and the United States have agreed, at the conclusion of the first Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue, on a roadmap for deepening bilateral relations and partnerships in various domains.

"The two sides recognize that today's meeting was a comprehensive exchange that established a roadmap for deepening the Kuwait-US partnership in the coming years," reads the final statement of the meeting held in Washington DC Friday.

The meeting, co-chaired by the Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and the US Secretary of State John Kerry, discussed specific initiatives to enhance defense, security, economic, commercial, political, educational, scientific, and consular cooperation, and established working groups to make progress in all these and other areas before the next Strategic Dialogue in Kuwait in 2017.

On military cooperation, both countries announced that they intend to build on a defense partnership that helps secure mutual national and regional interests.

"The two sides tasked their teams with designing a mutual strategy to implement specific measures to enhance this partnership, and committed to continue their coordination through the US-Kuwait Joint Military Committee," it disclosed.

On security, the United States and Kuwait vowed to bolster their security partnership at the different levels.

On economy, they have encouraged proposals to foster greater US business activity in Kuwait, and to increase investments by Kuwait in the United States and established a working group to make progress toward these goals.

On education, the conferees argued that they see opportunities for further broadening and deepening people-to-people links through educational and scientific research cooperation.

"The two sides established a joint working group and charged it with exploring ways to increase the number of exchange students, and devising specific means of expanding scientific research and technical cooperation," noted the statement.

The US government also extended an invitation to the Kuwaiti Minister of Higher Education to visit the United States and meet with private sector organizations and institutions of higher education and research.

Moreover, the two sides reaffirmed the importance of prompt consular notification for citizens detained in either country. They reiterated their commitment to keeping each other apprised of consular-related matters, and committed to establishing a working group focused on consular issues.

They also underscored the need for closer cooperation on customs and immigration matters. The United States and Kuwait look forward to the signing of a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement before the end of 2016, which would allow greater information sharing, training, and enforcement.

"The working groups established at this meeting intend to consult regularly in order to make tangible progress for the peoples of both countries," the statement emphasized.

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Photo: Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah with US Secretary of State John Kerry

Kerry commends Kuwait's role to solving regional crises

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday commended the big role carried out by Kuwait towards solving regional crises.

Kerry, in remarks at a Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue session, said Kuwait also played a great role to alleviate humanitarian suffering of the people in need, specially in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Kerry also praised the level of relations between the US and Kuwait in different domains.

Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said the leaders of Kuwait and US were keen on pushing forward strategic relations to new levels.

The two sides discussed defense, security, cultural, consular, trade, investment and energy issues.

 

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US hails Kuwait's anti-terror role

The United States has commended Kuwait's role in the war on terror worldwide, especially the operations against Daesh or the so-called Islamic State group.

"The US Secretary Kerry thanked (Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and) Foreign Minister (Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad) Al-Sabah for Kuwait's help in the fight against Daesh and its leadership in the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL," reads the final statement of the first Kuwaiti-US Strategic Dialogue, held in Washington Friday.

The statement also welcomed Kuwait joining the Netherlands and Turkey in co-chairing the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL's Foreign Terrorist Fighter working group.

Both sides pledged to continue their efforts in countering violent extremism and in other security matters, such as cyber, and agreed to establish a working group to follow up and ensure continued progress.

"The United States and Kuwait undertook to bolster their security partnership - including but not limited to countering terrorism and terrorist financing, particularly through enhanced information sharing - and look forward to Kuwait's chairing of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA-FATF) in 2017," reads the statement.

The US has also recommitted its self to Kuwait and Gulf state security and stability.

"The United States is committed to Kuwait's security, and to working with Kuwait to secure its homeland," it stated.

"The United States is prepared to work jointly with the GCC states, including Kuwait, to deter and confront an external threat to any GCC state's territorial integrity that is inconsistent with the UN Charter.

 

US committed to Kuwait's security, stability - Kerry

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has reiterated the US commitment to retaining Kuwait's security and stability, and defend it against any foreign threats.

During his meeting with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at the first round of the Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue, held in Washington, Kerry expressed satisfaction with the distinguished relations with Kuwait.

He commended the special partnerships between the two countries in various domains.

The US top diplomat acclaimed Kuwait for its strenuous efforts to resolve regional crises, voicing admiration of Kuwait's leading humanitarian role worldwide, especially in the conflicts-ravaged countries of Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

For his part, Sheikh Sabah Khaled lauded the strong relations between his country and the US, expressing hopes near fulfilment of the aspirations of the two countries' leaders and people to expand the strategic partnerships in all fields and at all levels.

The meeting was also attended by Kuwait's Ambassador in Washington Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the US Ambassador Kuwait Lawrence Silverman, Director of Sheikh Khaled's Office Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah, Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow-up and Coordination Nasser Al-Sabeeh, and Assistant Foreign Minister for two Americans Affairs.

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Photo: Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Arab diplomats in Washington

Kuwait FM meets Arab diplomats in Washington

Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Friday received heads of the Arab diplomatic missions based here.

The meeting, held on the fringes of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled's visit to the United States to co-chair the first Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue with Secretary of State John Kerry, reviewed a range of regional and international issues of common concern for the Arab countries and the US.

The meeting focused on the need to enhance the Arab-US joint action, serve the common interests, resolve regional crisis and combat terrorist.

The Arab diplomats highly appreciated the audience with Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, saying it helped promote the intra-Arab coordination and the Arab-US cooperation.

The meeting gathered Kuwait Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Chief of Staff of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled's Office Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, and Minister Plenipotentiary and Assistant Foreign Minister for the Two Americas Affairs Rim Mohammad Al-Khaled, as well as a number of senior officials of the Foreign Ministry.

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Photo: Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah delivers lecture at Atlantic Council

Kuwait FM delivers lecture at Atlantic Council

Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah delivered a lecture at the Atlantic Council here on Friday.

Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled is on visit to the United States to co-chair the first Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue.

The lecture dealt with the latest developments in the Middle East region and Kuwait's views on various regional and international issues.

It gathered Kuwait Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Chief of Staff of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled's Office Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, as well as a number of senior officials of the Foreign Ministry.


 














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