President Nathan on state visit to Kuwait
<cite class="auth">Channel NewsAsia - Monday, November 3
</cite>SINGAPORE: President S.R. Nathan will make a state visit to Kuwait from November 3 to November 6 at the invitation of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al—Ahmad al Sabah.
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</noscript>This will be the first state visit to Kuwait by a Singapore President despite high—level exchanges between Singapore and Gulf region countries over the last four years. During his visit, President Nathan will meet senior Kuwaiti leaders and also witness the signing of three bilateral agreements. The first is an Agreement on Establishing a Joint Committee for co—operation between the two governments. The joint committee is a platform for both countries’ Foreign Affairs Ministries to promote bilateral cooperation in areas including trade and investment, energy, culture, science and information. The second agreement is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Co—operation in e—government to be signed between the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore and the Central Agency for Information Technology of Kuwait. This is the third MOU the two agencies are signing on e—government. The first was signed in 2004. In the past four years, IDA has worked with its Kuwaiti counterpart in launching an e—government portal for Kuwaiti citizens and in also setting up an information network system for internal government communications. The third agreement is an Open Skies agreement, which will allow carriers of both Kuwait and Singapore to operate unlimited air services between the two countries. President Nathan will be accompanied by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Members of Parliament Irene Ng and Fatimah Lateef, and other senior officials. — CNA/de
<cite class="auth">Channel NewsAsia - Monday, November 3
</cite>SINGAPORE: President S.R. Nathan will make a state visit to Kuwait from November 3 to November 6 at the invitation of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al—Ahmad al Sabah.
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