Kuwait Amir meets with EU foreign policy chief

Kuwait: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, on the occasion of her and delegation’s visit to the country. She was escorted by First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

The reception was attended by Amiri Diwan Advisor Mohammad Dhaifallah Sharar and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah.

Later, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received Mogherini, and the two discussed regional and international affairs, according to a ministry statement. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled praised the distinguished relationship between the EU and Kuwait, along with relations between the European bloc and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Mogherini is in Kuwait to express EU support of mediation efforts assumed by His Highness the Amir to find solution to the Gulf crisis. “Kuwait is the mediator that we support and accompany and with whom we are constantly in touch,” she told a press conference last week. Kuwait’s mediation efforts emerged as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt had cut their ties with Qatar.