Kuwaiti-Omani commission begins scheduled meeting

The supreme Kuwaiti-Omani cooperation commission began a scheduled meeting here on Thursday, with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah heading the Kuwaiti side.
Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, chaired the Omani delegation during the meeting. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled addressed a statement, affirming that the two countries maintain solid ties, emphasixing keenness as well on bolstering these ties further.
The Kuwaiti and Omani sides, meanwhile, signed a MoU, for cooperation at the civil service level. They also inked "executive programs" regarding cooperation in the environmental and climatic domains as well as regarding youth and sports' affairs.
Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, who arrived earlier by air in the Omani capital Muscat, met shortly later with Fahad Bin Mahmoud Al-Said, the Sultanate's Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet Affairs. He praised during the meeting the historic and solid ties binding the two countries. It was attended by a number of officials accompanying the minister during his current visit to the Sultanate.
Ambassador Nasser Hajji Al-Muzain, the director of the GCC countries' department at the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry, said earlier that Kuwaiti and Omani experts held a meeting, on Wednesday, discussing various issues of common concern. He indicated that the Omani officials during the meeting urged Kuwaiti investors to invest in the country's economic zones.
Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled's delegation includes Director General of Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister's Office Director, Ambassador Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Director of the GCC Department at Kuwait's Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Nasser Haji Al-Muzayen, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Oman Fahad Hejer Al-Mutairi and a number of officials.