By NNN-KUNA,
Kuwait : The Kuwaiti-Cuban ministerial committee has held its first meeting here.
Finance Minister and Acting Commerce and Industry Minister Mustafa Al-Shimali headed the Kuwaiti side while the Cuban delegation was headed by Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Marta Lomas Morales.
The meeting Monday reflected the determination of both countries to foster bilateral economic ties, a press release by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance said.
Holding the session for the first time was a result of the economic and technical cooperation agreement signed between Kuwait and Cuba on March 4, 2006, in which the ninth item stipulated the setting up of a joint committee, the statement said.
As for the meeting, a number of issues of common interest, chiefly regarding economic, commercial and investment cooperation, were discussed, the statement noted, adding that means of cooperation between chambers of commerce of both countries and collaboration in the fields of health and media were also covered.
The Cuban minister would meet with a number of ministers and local economic figures on the sidelines of the committee meetings, the statement added.