LOCA LMONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi and PublicAuthority for Food and Nutrition officials. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

KUWAIT: His Highness the AmirSheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yester-day Minister of Health and Chairmanof Public Authority for Food andNutrition (PAFN) Dr Ali Saad Al-Obaidi, and the authority’s officialsSaleh Al-Humaidhi, Musaed Saleh Al-Abdali, Nawal Majran Al-Hamad, AmalAl-Rashdan, Abdulaziz Al-Samhanand Reem Al-Fulaij. His Highness theAmir met with these officials on theoccasion of their appointment at theauthority. His Highness the CrownPrince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness thePrime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah alsoreceived minister Obaidi and thePAFN officials.

Meanwhile, His Highness the Amirreceived Minister of Public Works andMinister of State for NationalAssembly Affairs Ali Al-Omair, whopresented the newly appointed presi-dent of the Public Authority for

Agricultural Affairs and FishResources (PAAAFR) Faisal Saud Al-Hasawi. Omair later presented thenew officials to His Highness theCrown Prince and His Highness thePrime Minister.

Earlier, His Highness the Amirreceived His Highness the CrownPrince, His Highness the PrimeMinister, National Assembly SpeakerMarzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and FirstDeputy Prime Minister and Ministerof Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. HisHighness the Crown Prince mean-while received Ghanem, His HighnessSheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, SheikhSabah Al-Khaled, Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of InteriorSheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of DefenseSheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah.

His Highness the Crown Princealso received Minister of Informationand Minister of State for Youth Affairs

Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Sabah, and Minister of State forCabinet Affairs and Acting Minister ofWater and Electricity SheikhMohammad Al-Abdullah Al-MubarakAl-Sabah.

Separately, His Highness theCrown Prince received Minister ofCommerce and Industry Yousef Al-Abdullah Al-Ali and Director Generalof Direct Investment PromotionAuthority Dr Sheikh Mishaal Al-JaberAl-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

In other news, His Highness theCrown Prince expressed gratitude tothe nationals and residents of thecountry and “the brothers outsideKuwait” for expressing their sinceresentiments on the occasion of the10th anniversary of His Highness’assumption to the post . H isHighness the Crown Prince wishedthe people fur ther progress andprosperity under the wise leader-ship of His Highness the Amir. —KUNA

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meetsMinister of Public Works Ali Al-Omair, and president of the Public Authorityfor Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) Faisal Saud Al-Hasawi.

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Minister ofCommerce and Industry Yousef Al-Ali and Director General of Direct Investment Promotion AuthorityDr Sheikh Mishaal Al-Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

Amir receives nutrition authority senior officials

Amir congratulates

newly-elected MP

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday sent a cable of congratulations toAli Abdullah Al-Khamis who won a parliamentary seat in theby-elections of the third constituency. His Highness the Amirwished the new member of the National Assembly success inserving the national interests of the dear homeland, accord-ing to readout of the cable released by the Amiri Diwan. HisHighness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-JaberAl-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanemand His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-MubarakAl-Hamad Al-Sabah have also sent similar cables to Khamis toexpress their best wishes for him. — KUNA

KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem congratulates newly-elected MP AliAbdullah Al-Khamis. — KUNA

Assembly’s General

Secretariat receives

ballot boxes

KUWAIT: The NationalAssembly’s General Secretariatyesterday received all ballotboxes and official results of thethird constituency by-electionsfor 2016, announced theAssembly’s Secretary GeneralAllam Al-Kandari.

Kandari noted that accord-ing to article number 39 ofKuwait’s elections law, thechairman of the polling com-mission is tasked with handingthe boxes to the secretariat.The boxes will remain at theassembly’s body until all protestations were studied beforereturning them to the Ministry of Interior, he added. Speakerof the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem declared theseat of the third constituency vacant after the passing awayof late MP Nabil Al-Fadhel on January 12. — KUNA

Allam Al-Kandari

By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Information incooperation with the US Embassy held ajoint event yesterday at the National Libraryto commemorate the 25th anniversary ofthe Liberation of Kuwait. A documentaryfilm on the liberation was shown during theevent.

Assisting Undersecretary for the ForeignMedia Sector at the Ministry of InformationFaisal Al-Mitlagim spoke on America’s role insupporting Kuwait. “The bilateral relationsbetween our countries are special and rep-resent a model of real friendship betweencountries and nations,” he said during theevent representing the Minister ofInformation and State Minister for YouthAffairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah.“This friendship goes back decades sincethe first US consulate opened in Kuwait inthe 1950s. The United States played animportant role in supporting Kuwait duringthe invasion, which was supported by boththe US leadership and the nation,” added Al-Mitlagim.

US Ambassador to Kuwait DouglasSilliman addressed the gathering, notingthat he is glad to be participating in thisevent as all the nations of the coalitioncame together to celebrate the 25thanniversary of the liberation of Kuwait. “Thisoccasion, this week’s events and celebra-tions, provide us the opportunity to reflecton our nations’ shared experiences of 25years ago - experiences that cemented the

bonds of friendship that unite our peopletoday,” he said.

Shared friendship, historyAmbassador Silliman also spoke about

the sacrifices. “We should remember thesacrifices of the generation of Kuwaitis wholived through those terrible days of occupa-tion and who helped rebuild Kuwait intothe free and modern state in which we livetoday. Let us remember the sacrifices of the700,000 American service men and womenwho left their family and friends at home tofight for the liberation of Kuwait,” stressedSilliman.

He called for using these shared experi-ences to look to the future. “Let us look to afuture of strengthened partnership, a futureof shared peace and security, and a future ofprosperity for our children and our grand-children. Let us look to a future where theUnited States and Kuwait work together tobuild new economic and educationalopportunities for our children, cooperate topreserve and maintain our environment,and collaborate to address the security chal-lenges of the region,” he pointed out.

“This is how we truly honor those menand women who sacrificed so much so thatwe could live in a free Kuwait and pursuethese lofty goals. That is their challenge tous, and that, indeed, is our true opportunity,”concluded Silliman. Former United StatesAmbassador to Kuwait immediately afterliberation, Edward Gnehm provided shortremarks about his experience.

Kuwait, US mark Liberation with

celebrations at National Library

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ForeignAffairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receivedyesterday a written letter from Thailand Foreign Minister DonPramudwinai. The letter highlighted bilateral relations and

ways to boost them in all fronts, including issues on mutualconcerns. The letter was delivered to Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled,during a reception at the foreign ministry headquarters andwas handed over by Thailand Special envoy to the Foreign

Minister Dr Surin Pitsuwan. The meeting also tackled topics oncurrent cooperation between the two countries, and develop-ment in the region and international arena. The meeting wasattended by senior foreign ministry officials. — KUNA

FM receives letter from Thai counterpart

KUWAIT: The Government Per formanceFollow-Up Apparatus signed a Memorandumof Understanding (MoU) with KuwaitUniversity (KU) yesterday aimed to benefitfrom the latter’s consulting and academicexperiences. The agreement also aims to raisethe level the performance of the apparatusand develop the working system, the appara-

tus said in a statement. The MoU was signedby Head of the Government PerformanceFollow-up Apparatus Sheikh Ahmad MeshalAl-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and KuwaitUniversity President Dr Hussein Al-Ansari, thestatement added. The signing of the agree-ment was also attended by officials from bothsides. — KUNA

Follow-up Apparatus,

university sign MoU

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Thailand’s Special envoy to the Foreign Minister DrSurin Pitsuwan. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Head of the Government Performance Follow-up Apparatus Sheikh AhmadMeshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (right) and Kuwait University President Dr Hussein Al-Ansari sign the agreement. — KUNA

Diplomatic Institute

to host seminar on

Kuwait-US ties

KUWAIT: Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah Kuwaiti DiplomaticInstitute is to host a seminar on Kuwait-US ties today, asKuwait i s to celebrate i ts 25th anniversar y of theLiberation Day. The Institute Ambassador Abdul-AzizAbdul-Latif Al-Sharekh and former US Ambassador toKuwait Edward Gnehm are to talk during the seminar, theInstitute said in a press statement yesterday. Another sem-inar co-hosted with the economics department at theMinistry of Foreign Affairs will also be held tomorrow topromote direct investment. — KUNA