By NNN-KUNA,
Manama : Kuwait is keen on securing peace in the Middle East, a matter that could sustain cooperation among countries of the region, Head of Kuwait’s delegation to the “Manama Dialogue” Conference Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Sharekh said.
Kuwait, an active member of the political agenda in the region, was always ardent to take part in such forums that contributed to supporting peace and stability in the region, Al-Sharekh, who is also the Director General of the Kuwait Diplomatic Institute, told KUNA on Friday.
The Manama conference, the fifth of its kind to take place in the Kingdom, focuses on security aspects and concepts, Al-Sharekh said, adding that the global financial crisis and its impacts on the region’s security is among the issues to be discussed during the gathering, which indicated “positive and swift response” with the region’s security affairs.
Out of its dedication to the significance of the issue, the Kuwaiti delegation would be present in all work group or discussion panel held by the conference, he noted.
“Kuwait’s foreign policy is based on the concept that says peace is not the absence of war, yet, it is providing a sound environment for cooperation among countries of the region to achieve inclusive international legitimacy,” Ambassador Al-Sharekh pointed out.
The Kuwaiti delegation groups Head of Strategic Centers Department at the foreign ministry Sheikh Bader Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Director of International Affairs Department Sheikha Anoud Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah and Abdulrahman Ghazi Al-Bader.
It also groups Major General Fahad Al-Issa, Military Attache at Kuwait’s embassy in Bahrain Brigadier Abdulaziz Al-Saeed, as well as Colonel Abdulrahman Al-Hadhoud and Colonel Youssef Al-Najjar.
At the delegation’s reception at Bahrain International Airport were Kuwait’s Ambassador Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah, Councilor Abdulwahab Al-Saqer and members of the diplomatic mission in Manama.
The two-day conference, co-organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, would discuss Gulf economies, regional security and nuclear energy in the Middle East among other issues