Egypt, Kuwait to sign cooperation deals next week: Amb.

CAIRO – 30 August 2019: A number of joint cooperation agreements are set to be signed in Kuwait during an official visit by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, set to take place next week, Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Tareq el Qouni said on Friday.

Invited by the Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber, President Sisi will pay an official visit to Kuwait, Ambassador to Cairo Mohammed Saleh said on Thursday.

Qouni said the presidential visit will start on Saturday August 31st.

In statements to MENA, Qouni said President Sisi’s two-day visit will be his third one to the Arab country since he took office in June 2014.

Sisi will be received by the Kuwaiti Emir, the ambassador said, adding that a session of talks between the two leaders is to be held on Sunday morning.

The talks will touch on prospects of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, the latest developments at the regional and international levels in addition to several files of common interest, he said.

The Egyptian leader is scheduled to meet with a number of ministers and top Kuwaiti officials, he added.

The visit reflects how special Egypt-Kuwait relations are and how united the two peoples have been over the past decades, particularly in confronting crises and challenges facing them, the ambassador said.

The ambassador noted that the visit comes in light of the tangible developments witnessed in various fields of bilateral cooperation, which he said was made clear during the recent exchanged visits between the two sides.

'Wise' leader

For his part, the Kuwaiti ambassador affirmed that President Sisi's visit to Kuwait reflects the deep bilateral brotherly relations between the two countries and their peoples over decades.

"This unique relationship has embodied, through its updates and developments, a great success story that we have the right to be proud of and to present to the world as an actual model of unity of purpose, sincerity of orientation, blending of visions, and joint pursuit of the aspirations of our peoples and our nation for development, security and stability," he said.

Saleh discribed Sisi as a "wise leader" of a brotherly country that is linked to Kuwait with years of brotherhood and cooperation over history. He added that this visit is a good opportunity to review the various aspects of close brotherly relations between the two countries.

Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim in January said that the Egyptian-Kuwaiti relations represent a model to follow in view of the distinguished ties which are based on trust and integration at all levels.

In statements to Middle East News Agency (MENA), Ghanim highlighted the strong relations between the Kuwaiti Emir and the Egyptian President, in addition to ties between governments in both countries.

Ghanim said that the Kuwaiti National Assembly considers the Egyptian parliament as a major partner, adding that relations with Egypt's parliament reflect unique ties binding both countries.

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MENA contributed to the reporting along with Egypt Today