Kuwait's Prime Minister Al-Sabah arrives in Chile, sixth destination

Tuesday,27 July 2010

SANTIAGO: His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah arrived late Sunday in the capital of Chile, Santiago. This is the sixth destination of his Latin American and Caribbean tour.

His Highness the Prime Minister was received at the airport by commander of the air force, Arab ambassadors accredited in Santiago, Kuwait's Ambassador to Argentina and Non-Resident Ambassador to Chile Saud Abdulaziz Shamlan Al-Roumi, Director of the Foreign Ministry's protocol department, and staff members of Kuwait Embassy in Argentina.

At his previous stop in Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said during a luncheon held in honor of the visiting Kuwaiti Prime Minister, that the visit to Brazil represented the beginning of a new era in constructive relations between the two countries.

"Allow me to say that your visit to Latin American and Caribbean countries reflects the success of our efforts, through which we seek - together, and through visits of Arab leaders and commercial exchange - to build greater relations in the fields of culture, tourism, sports, commerce, economy and finance," the president said.

His Highness the Prime Minister's tour already saw him in Antigua and Berbuda, Mexico, Cuba, Guyana and Brazil, and several political, economic, commercial, cultural, sports, and aviation service agreements were signed between Kuwait and these countries.

The delegation accompanying His Highness the Prime Minister includes representatives of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), who also met with their counterparts in the visited countries to discuss developing commercial and economic relations.

In Chile, he is set to meet with President Sebastian Pinera Echenique, to discuss bilateral relations. He will also meet head of the Supreme Court, and the speakers of the Senate and the Parliament.