Brunei''s Crown Prince''s visit to Kuwait for boosting ties -- ambassador

(changing dateline) KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (KUNA) -- Scheduled visit by Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam Al-Muhtadee Billah to Kuwait on Sunday is aimed at boosting the brotherly and friendly relations between the sultanate and the Gulf state, the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Brunei said on Saturday.
Ghassan Mohammad Al-Duwaisan, in a telephone statement to KUNA, said the crown prince plans to get acquainted, personally, with his Kuwaiti counterpart, His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, for cementing the brotherly and friendly relations with His Highness, and exploring the developments in the political, economic and social sectors in Kuwait, achieved under leadership of HH the Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Al-Muhtadee Billa and his accompanying delegation are scheduled to hold talks with senior Kuwaiti leaders on means of cementing the bilateral relations and visiting landmark economic, scientific and cultural sites in the Gulf state, said Al-Duwaisan in the interview with the Kuwaiti news agency.
Elaborating, the diplomat indicated that the Kuwaiti diplomatic mission has been implementing the state policy of openness, sparing no effort for the improvement of the relations with Brunei, namely at the economic level.
The Kuwaiti diplomats are guided by the "wide policy of His Highness the Amir, the sheikh of the diplomats, a policy that is based on serving economic and common interests of Kuwait and other states," Al-Duwaisan said, alluding to Sheikh Sabah's service as the foreign minister of the country for many years in the past.
Sheikh Sabah had toured Asian countries, affirming the state keenness on exploring new opportunities for investments and trade namely with crude and oil derivatives.
Al-Duwaisan indicated in particular at a visit, paid by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, to Brunei where he inaugurated the building of the Kuwaiti embassy in September 2009. The Sultan of Brunei visited Kuwait in April 2009, signing accords and memoranda of understanding for cooperation in the economic and investments domains.
The ambassador noted that Brunei has recently adopted a new policy of openness in its external relations with the aim of diversifying its resources of income and minimizing dependence on oil and gas, indicating that the officials in this country are seeking to study the income diversification policies, adopted in Kuwait and the other GCC countries.
An official declaration in Kuwait earlier today confirmed that the crown prince of Brunei would fly to the Gulf country, accompanied by a delegation of officials, on Sunday, on four-day official visit, during which he will hold talks with the political leadership on means of bolstering bilateral relations and cooperation. (end).
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