Amir holds consultations with former premier

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek. —KUNA

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday the visiting Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek and his accompanying delegation. The audience was attended by Deputy Amiri Diwan Affairs Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Khaled Nasser Al-Roudhan.

His Highness the Amir, separately, hosted Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel, who presented His Highness with a memorial publication marking inauguration of the bank's new headquarters. Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir hosted His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the former prime minister, as part of regular consultations for forming a new government.

Also yesterday, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received, Simsek, Hashel, as well as Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, and Minister of State for Municipality Mohammad Nasser Al-Jabri who was accompanied by member of the Saudi Senior Scholars Council, and Advisor at the Saudi Royal Court Dr Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki, and a visiting delegation. - KUNA