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KUWAIT, Dec 10 (KUNA) -- The Second Gulf Defense and Aerospace Exhibition
on Tuesday got underway at Mishref International Fair Ground under the
sponsorship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled
Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah.
The exhibition, due till December 12, groups the Ministry of Defense, the
Interior Ministry, the National Guard and more than 80 foreign and local
companies,
In a statement on the occasion, Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah said that
the Ministry of Defense is sponsoring the fair in translation of the vision of
His Highness the Amir and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Sheikh Sabah
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, of transforming Kuwait into a regional
commercial-economic center.
The ministry is serving this approach by luring military equipment
companies, with aim of examining the latest military innovations, the minister
stated, adding that another objective is encouraging Kuwaiti youth to get
enrolled in the military.
For his part, the Assistant Chief of Staff of the Logistics and Supplies
Department, Colonel Lavi Al-Azmi, said the Ministry of Defense aims to make
the exhibit an opportunity for the citizens, namely youngsters, to get
acquainted with duties and missions of the Kuwaiti Army, the Ministry of
Interior and the National Guards.
Such a demonstration of these forces and their tasks "help us to lure this
segment (the youth) to join the ground, air, naval and support units of the
military," Col. Al-Azmi said.
The event includes live demonstration of military personnel activities. The
participating companies are displaying latest innovations of military
equipment.
The fair inauguration was attended by the General Chief-of-Staff of the
Kuwaiti Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Al-Othman, Defense Ministry
Undersecretary Jassar Abdulrazzaq Al-Jassar, ambassadors, ranking military and
civil leaders. (end)
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