Representative of His Highness the Crown Prince Meets Delegation from US Chamber of Commerce and Kuwait US Business Council
The Crown Prince received a delegation from the US Chamber of Commerce and the Kuwait US Business Council to discuss economic and investment cooperation with Kuwait.
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
His Highness the Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, received yesterday, Monday, a delegation from representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce and the Kuwait-American Business Council. The delegation included Koushik Choksi, Senior Vice President for the Middle East, Turkey, and Central Asia, and Senior Vice President for International Member Engagement at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Steve Lutes, Vice President for the Middle East at the Chamber; Lydia Jobs, Chief Executive Officer of the Kuwait-American Business Council at the Chamber; Donna Milford, Executive Vice President at State Street, serving as Chair of the Kuwait-American Business Council; and Jenny Johnson, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Templeton Investments. The meeting took place at 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 UN General Assembly.
During the meeting, His Highness the Crown Prince emphasized the importance of the role played by members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Kuwait-American Business Council in supporting and strengthening economic, trade, and investment ties between the State of Kuwait and the United States of America.
The meeting also discussed ways to consolidate economic, trade, and investment relations between the friendly State of Kuwait and the United States, and reviewed investment opportunities in Kuwait for leading U.S. companies and institutions across various vital sectors.
Attending the meeting were Sheikh Dr. Meshal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Director General of the Direct Investment Promotion Authority; Ambassador Mansour Ayad Al-Otaibi; Her Excellency Sheikhah Al-Jana Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s Ambassador to the United States; His Excellency Ambassador Tariq Muhammad Al-Banna, Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and Major General Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Duaiji, Director of the Office of His Highness the Crown Prince.
