Interior Minister discusses security co-operation with US counterpart

WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met with US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson in the US capital late Tuesday.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed aspects of bilateral relations and ways to bolster them, commending solid mutual security cooperation between the two countries, and expressed satisfaction towards the level of bilateral coordination in anti-terrorism and ports security fields.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled expressed his gratitude to Johnson for facilitations provided by US security authorities to Kuwaiti citizens, residents, and visitors to the United States, particularly patients and Kuwaiti students.
Sheikh Mohammad also requested further facilitations in visa issuances for patients and students in order to encourage larger numbers of Kuwaiti students to study in US universities.
The meeting was attended by Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait's MoI's Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal Security Affairs Major General Abdulhamid Al-Awadhi, Assistant Undersecretary for State Security Maj. Gen. Issam Salem Al-Nahham, and Colonel Khaled Al-Majed. (end) yt.ma