KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov. – Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov who handed His Highness Sheikh Sabah a written letter from Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The letter included an invitation to His Highness the Amir to attend the OIC science and technology conference to be held in Kazakhstan's capital Astana next September. The letter also included an invitation to attend the Expo 2017 also to be held in Kazakhstan. The meeting was attended by Deputy Amiri Diwan Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah.

Boosting bilateral ties in all fields was the focus of a meeting between Kuwait First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his Kazakh counterpart late Monday. The two ministers also shared views on different developments and issues of common concern.

Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled held a dinner banquet in honor of the visiting minister and his accompanying delegation at the ministry's headquarters. The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for the First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister's Office Affairs' Director Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al­Mohammad Al­Sabah, Assistant Foreign Minister for Asia Affairs Ambassador Ali Suleiman Al-Said, Assistant Foreign Minister for Protocols' Affairs Ambassador Dhari Al-Ajran, Kuwait Ambassador to Kazakhstan Tareq Al-Faraj and a number of the ministry's officials.

Doha forum

Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received a written letter from Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who invited him to attend the Doha forum 2017. The Qatar Embassy's Acting Charge D'Affair Ali Jaber Al-Marri handed the letter to His Highness the Amir. Deputy Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah was present at the handing of the letter.

Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir received at Bayan Palace Deputy Chief of the Kuwait National Guard (KNG) Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Later, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah also met with Sheikh Meshal and His Highness Sheikh Nasser at Bayan Palace.

Separately, His Highness the Crown Prince received the newly appointed Ambassador of Mongolia to Kuwait Chintushig Zorigt. His Highness the Crown Prince also met the new ambassador of the Republic of Benin to the country. Both meetings were attended by Chief of Protocol in the Diwan of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mubarak Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. - KUNA