Kuwait Foreign Minister Abdullah Ali Al Yahya met his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, and reviewed the entire spectrum of India-Kuwait ties in areas including politics, trade, investment, energy, food security and people-to-people ties.
Al Yahya visited India on December 3 and December 4.
This was the first official visit of Abudullah Ali Al Yahya as the Foreign Minister of Kuwait to India.
“The two Ministers signed an MoU on establishing a Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) at the level of Foreign Ministers. New Joint Working Groups in areas of Trade, Investment, Education, Technology, Agriculture, Security and Culture, will be set up under the JCC,” read a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs.
“The JCC mechanism will act as an umbrella institutional mechanism to comprehensively review and monitor the entire gamut of our bilateral relations under the new Joint Working Groups and the existing ones in areas including Hydrocarbons, Health and Consular matters,” the statement said.
Al Yahya also made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the visit.
Modi recalled the strong historical bonds between the two countries and conveyed his appreciation to the leadership of Kuwait for the welfare of over a million strong vibrant Indian community in Kuwait.
After the meeting, Modi posted on X: “Glad to receive Foreign Minister of Kuwait H.E. Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya. I thank the Kuwaiti leadership for the welfare of the Indian nationals. India is committed to advance our deep-rooted and historical ties for the benefit of our people and the region.”
