Kuwait National Committee for Aviation Security and Facilitation Discusses Enhancing Security Coordination and Developing Travel Facilitation

Kuwait City, Aug 6 (KUNA) -- The National Committee for Aviation Security and Facilitation held its regular meeting on Thursday, chaired by Sheikh Hamoud Mubarak Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah, Chairman of the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA), to enhance security coordination and develop travel facilitation measures.

In a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), PACA said the meeting discussed items on the committee’s agenda, foremost among which was strengthening coordination between security agencies and entities operating at Kuwait International Airport, developing passenger facilitation services, and improving the efficiency of security controls.

The committee also monitored the implementation of travel facilitation systems and requirements adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which enhance the efficiency of procedures at Kuwait International Airport.

The meeting further discussed modern international treaties related to civil aviation and ways to update laws and procedures to keep pace with modern technology, while emphasizing the completion of procedures and recommendations through coordination among relevant authorities.

Attendees included Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Major General Abdulwahab Al-Wahab; Commander of the General Fire Force, Major General Talal Al-Roumi; Director General of Customs, Yousef Al-Nuwaif; and Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Fahad Al-Kharinj, along with officials from the Ministry of Interior and PACA. (End) A.A.M. / M.S.A.