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KUWAIT, June 29 (KUNA) -- Twenty second four-day meeting of the Directors
General of the Civil Defense Departments in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Arab states started here Wednesday in the presence of Assistant Undersecretary
of the Minisry of Interior for operational affairs Maj. Gen. Abdullah Youssef
Al-Muhanna.
Al-Muhanna welcomed, at his opening address of the meeting, the
participating delegations from other sisterly countries, and conveyed to them
the greetings and appreciation of Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of
Interior Sheikh Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as well as greetings of
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lt. Gen. Ghazi Abdulrahman Al-Omar,
Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Fahad
Al-Fahad, and their best wishes.
Meanwhile, Director General of the Civil Defense General Department, and
head of the Kuwaiti delegation Maj. Gen. Youssef Al-Roudhan delivered an
address in which he expressed Kuwait's welcome to host such meeting, hailing
the efforts made by GCC general secretariat for making preparations for the
current meeting.
Al-Roudhan asserted that GCC ministers of interior attach great importance
to the necessity of providing all means for civil defense along with
supporting the systems and structures of civil protection in light of the
accelerating variables, and the complicated conditions in the region and the
world as a whole.
The meeting includes three working session covering the discussions held by
specialized committees on safety, preventive supervision, training and
rehabilition in the domain of civil defense, and there will be visits paid by
meeting's participants to the headquarters of the Civil Defense General
Department in order to inspect systems and operational room there.
The Emirati delegation to the meeting is led by Maj. Gen. Rashed Thani
Rashed Al-Matroushi with the membership of Brig. Jassem Abdullah Hamid, Lt.
Col. Hassan Ali Bin Saram, Lt. Col. Sultan Saqr Al-Suwaidi, Maj. Yasser Eissa.
The Bahraini delegation to the meeting is led by Brig. Abdullah Nasser
Al-Fadel with the membership of Col. Mohammad Abdulkarim Shuwaitar, Col. Hamad
Abdullah Al-Meraj, first lieutenant Bader Abdulaziz Al-Amer.
The Saudi delegation to the meeting is led by Lt. Gen. Saad Bin Abdullah
Al-Tuwaijri with the membership of Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bin Abdullah, Maj. Gen.
Ismail Bin Mohammad Badawi, Brig. Ghaleb Bin Ghazi Al-Jahni, Col. Saleh Bin
Ali Al-Ayed, Captain Mubarab Bin Ayad Al-Osaimi, and researcher Saad Bin
Abdulrahman Al-Zayadi.
The Omani delegation to the meeting is led by Brig. Suleiman Bin Mohammad
Al-Harithi with the membership of Lt. Col. Hamad Bin Rashed Al-Wahibi, Maj.
Abdullah Bin Saleh, Fisrt Lt. Hani Bin Rashed.
The Qatari delegtion to the meeting is led by Brig. Abdullah Mohammad
Al-Suwaidi with the membership of Col. Fahad Hamad, First Lt. Basaam Yakoub
Al-Khaledi, Ahmad Khaled Al-Ghanem, and Abdulaziz Sultan Al-Hajeri.
The delegation of the State of Kuwait to the meeting is led by Maj. Gen.
Al-Roudhan, Col. Mohammad Ali, Col. Saad Mohammad, Abdulaziz Ahmad, and from
the Civil Defense General Department there are Brig. Youssef Abdullah
Al-Ansari, Col. Ibrahim Eissa, Col. Jamal Bader, Lt. Col. Ahmad Hassan
Al-Jazzaf, and Ahmad Fawzan Al-Fawzan.
The GCC general secretariat is participating with a delegation led by Col.
Ahmad Bohendi, Ali Hassan Al-Nahwi, Sami Faraj Al-Otaibi, and liasion officer
from the State of Kuwait Abdullah Eid Al-Mekhyal, and Maj. Abdullah Ali Rashed
from the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Captain Majed Eissa Al-Ghanem from the State
of Qatar.
On his part, Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Fahad Al-Fahad, Acting Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Interior, stressed the constant communication in the domain of
security among the GCC Arab states in what embodies the spirit of fraternity
and solidarity, and standardizes visions, strategies, plans, and programs for
protecting the countries and citizens of GCC against various dangers.
Further, Al-Fahad conveyed to the participants the greetigns and
appreciation of Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad
Al-Humoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and his best wishes for them to achieve through
this meeting the GCC aspirations, pointing out the quantum leap made in the
domain of civil defense in order to cement the national security capabilities
in the face of the security developments in the GCC Arab region.
Al-Fahad also extended thanks to GCC Civil Defense Directors General for
their efforts, while reiterating the importance of making further efforts in
order to protect the security of their countries, and the safety of their
citizens.
On their part, the GCC Civil Defense Directors General extended their
thanks to Deputy Prime Minister, and the Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad
Al-Humoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Fahad Al-Fahad for the
support lent to the meeting, and the hospitality. (end)
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