Kuwaiti Commitment to Strengthening Gulf Cooperation and Intensifying Coordination with Russia
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Jara Al-Jaber chairs a delegation at GCC meetings and strategic dialogue with Russia in Bahrain.
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
Foreign Minister Sheikh Jaraah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chaired, on Sunday, the Kuwaiti delegation participating in the 168th session of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial Council, held in the sister Kingdom of Bahrain.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a press release that the meeting discussed ways to enhance the momentum of joint GCC cooperation, contributing to greater integration among member states across various fields.
It further noted that the meeting also addressed current regional developments and their implications at both the regional and international levels, emphasizing the importance of continued GCC coordination across all fronts amid the delicate circumstances facing the region, driven by a shared destiny and history, and to bolster efforts to confront existing challenges.
Separately, Sheikh Jaraah Al-Jaber chaired the Kuwaiti delegation at the ninth joint ministerial meeting of the strategic dialogue between the GCC and the Russian Federation, held in Bahrain.
In a separate statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the foreign ministers of the GCC member states, together with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, affirmed the robust relationship between the GCC states and the Russian Federation, as well as the historical friendship ties between the two sides.
The ministry added that regional and international issues and current developments in the region and their repercussions were discussed, along with frameworks to intensify coordination between the GCC states and the Russian Federation regarding various challenges facing the region and the world, and to advance efforts toward peacebuilding.
On the sidelines of the meeting, Sheikh Jaraah Al-Jaber met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. The bilateral historic relations between the two friendly countries were reviewed, along with ways to enhance and develop them across various fields, in addition to discussing current regional developments and their implications at the regional and international levels.
