Brussels-Baghdad: Europe and the Arabs - Agencies

The Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, held talks with the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, and a number of heads and members of the committees in the parliament. It serves the common interests and fulfills the aspirations of the two brotherly peoples and all that can be achieved and accomplished towards addressing all outstanding issues between the two countries and completing the demarcation of the maritime borders beyond the 162 mark.
The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said - in a statement on Sunday, that this came within the framework of the official visit by Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah and the accompanying delegation to the capital, Baghdad, where they discussed the vital and diverse areas of cooperation for the development of the economic, cultural, educational and security sectors, the exchange of experiences and the strengthening of partnership between the two countries in terms of political coordination. And parliamentary, cultural and security cooperation, and ways to enhance joint action towards ending all outstanding files and removing everything that would disturb the close and solid relations that bind the two countries and the two brotherly peoples, and cut the way for practices and voices that aim to harm relations between the two countries.
During the talks, the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister affirmed the strength of the relations that bind the two countries and their peoples and the common historical denominators that bring them together, praising the continuous development and growth witnessed by the cooperation process between the two brotherly countries in various fields, stressing his keenness to deepen the historical brotherly relations that bring the two countries together to serve the interests. and achieve the aspirations of their two brotherly peoples. According to what was reported by the Middle East News Agency
For his part, the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament praised the distinguished and historical relations that bind the State of Kuwait and the Republic of Iraq and their two brotherly peoples, and the aspiration to raise the level of existing cooperation between them, especially in the commercial, investment and development fields, and the aspiration for long decades of cooperation, partnership and common aspirations towards a more secure and prosperous future.