Kuwait seeks backing for UN seat
Kuwait has sought support from Sri Lanka for Kuwait’s non-permanent UN Security Council membership bid, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
Visiting Kuwait Deputy National Assembly Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainij met the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on several issues, primarily investment in Sri Lanka.
During the meeting, they also discussed how to rally up support for Kuwait’s non-permanent UN Security Council membership bid for 2018-2019.
Al-Khurainij vowed that the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) would help and support friendly countries, including Sri Lanka, hoping that the Government of Sri Lanka would back Kuwait’s non-permanent UNSC membership bid.
“We consider ourselves as representatives of Arab and Muslim issues,” Al-Khurainij said during the talks with Minister Bathiudeen.
Hailing the Sri Lankan community in Kuwait, the senior Kuwaiti lawmaker said: “The community of Sri Lanka in Kuwait respects and abides by the local law.” He commented the Sri Lankan Government for handpicking several Muslim Cabinet Ministers as a sign of its respect for the rights of minorities. For his part, Minister Bathiudeen lauded his country’s cooperative relations with the State of Kuwait as distinguished, urging Kuwaiti businessmen to invest in Sri Lanka.
He said the Sri Lankan Government is ready to wipe out any potential obstacles impeding Kuwaiti investment in Sri Lanka.
However, the Minister Bathiudeen called for more economic cooperation between his Sri Lanka and Kuwait.
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