Kuwaiti and Indian foreign ministers discuss international efforts for regional stability

Kuwait – Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya discussed regional developments and mobilizing international efforts to maintain security and stability in the region with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, yesterday, Sunday.

This came during a meeting in Kuwait, on the sidelines of an open-ended visit by the Indian minister, who arrived in the country earlier on Sunday, according to a statement by the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry.

During the meeting, the two ministers reviewed “the close bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, and discussed various areas of cooperation between them and frameworks for enhancing them,” according to the statement.

They also discussed “regional and international developments and the developments witnessed by the region, and frameworks for enhancing joint cooperation and mobilizing international efforts to maintain security and stability in the region.”

In statements reported by the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya said that his Indian counterpart’s visit “witnessed discussions on enhancing and activating the food security file, investment opportunities, and exchanging expertise” between the two countries.

The two ministers discussed “proposals related to reforming the UN Security Council, as Kuwait and India share the same visions in this regard,” according to KUNA.

Al-Yahya pointed out that “the visit was an opportunity to complete arrangements for an upcoming visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kuwait,” without specifying a date.

For his part, the Indian Foreign Minister said, “Our relations with Kuwait are historic and the two sides agree on many important issues,” according to the Kuwaiti agency.

He explained that “more than one million Indians reside in Kuwait and send remittances amounting to one billion dollars annually.”

He pointed out that Kuwait is “India’s sixth largest energy partner and bilateral trade between the two countries has long been worth between $10 and $15 billion, with 30 percent of India’s oil needs and 70 percent of its gas needs imported from the GCC countries,” according to the Indian minister.

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