Representative of His Highness the Amir, the Crown Prince, meets the President of the European Council on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st UN General Assembly

New York, September 21 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, representative of His Highness the Amir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, received His Excellency Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, today at the headquarters of the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations in New York, on the sidelines of the high-level week of the eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly.

At the outset of the meeting, His Highness the Crown Prince conveyed greetings from His Highness the Amir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, to His Excellency, along with best wishes for his success and for the peoples of the friendly European Union countries to achieve further development and prosperity.

The meeting discussed partnership and cooperation relations between the State of Kuwait and the European Union and ways to develop them in the interest of mutual benefits, as well as key developments on the regional and international fronts.

Attending the meeting were His Excellency Sheikh Jaraah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs; His Excellency Dr. Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Director General of the Direct Investment Promotion Authority; Ambassador Mansour Ayad Al-Otaibi; Ambassador Sadiq Muhammad Ma’arifi, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Organizations; Sheikh Al-Zain Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s Ambassador to the United States of America; and Ambassador Tariq Muhammad Al-Bunai, Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. (End)