Exterior Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and Kuwait’s International Minister Abdullah Ali Al Yahya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to determine a Joint Fee for Cooperation (JCC) on the stage of overseas ministers.
In keeping with a press assertion by the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, the settlement outlines the formation of latest Joint Working Teams in sectors together with commerce, funding, schooling, know-how, agriculture, safety, and tradition, and these teams will function beneath the JCC to overview and monitor bilateral relations between the 2 nations.
The JCC would additionally oversee current working teams in areas resembling hydrocarbons, well being, and consular issues.
“New Joint Working Teams in areas of Commerce, Funding, Training, Expertise, Agriculture, Safety and Tradition, will likely be arrange beneath the JCC. The JCC mechanism will act as an umbrella institutional mechanism to comprehensively overview and monitor your entire gamut of our bilateral relations beneath the brand new Joint Working Teams and the present ones in areas together with Hydrocarbons, Well being and Consular issues,” the assertion learn.
Abdullah Ali Al Yahya was on an official go to to India on the invitation of the EAM. That is the primary official go to of Abdullah Ali Al Yahya because the overseas minister of Kuwait to India.
Throughout his go to, he met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who affirmed confidence in advancing the historic and deep-rooted ties between the 2 nations.
Taking to X, PM Modi lauded the Kuwaiti management for making certain the welfare of Indian nationals.
“Glad to obtain International Minister of Kuwait H.E. Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya. I thank the Kuwaiti management for the welfare of the Indian nationals. India is dedicated to advancing our deep-rooted and historic ties for the good thing about our folks and the area,” he said on X.
Kuwait’s International Minister additionally held a bilateral assembly with the EAM, and in the course of the bilateral assembly between them, the leaders reviewed your entire spectrum of India-Kuwait ties in areas together with political, commerce, funding, vitality, meals safety, and people-to-people ties. In addition they exchanged views on regional and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs famous in a press assertion.
Through the bilateral assembly, Jaishankar congratulated Kuwait on its profitable management of the Gulf Cooperation Council and in addition highlighted areas of cooperation between the 2 nations and thanked his counterpart for taking good care of the Indian neighborhood in Kuwait.
“Our two nations get pleasure from a long-standing friendship, and in our case, centuries previous. We’re dedicated to strengthening our bilateral ties throughout varied domains, together with commerce, funding, vitality, IT, tradition, and consular,” he stated.
Kuwait International Minister, Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, in the course of the assembly, referred to as India a “essential accomplice,” including that he appears ahead to upgrading their bilateral relationship right into a strategic partnership. He additionally expressed gratitude on assembly PM Modi and referred to as him “one of many wisest folks worldwide. The prime minister put India at a greater stage. And I am certain he’ll proceed for that.”
