By Abdullah Al-Enezi
BEIJING, Oct 17 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti and Chinese journalists on Wednesday stressed the importance of the role of the media in promoting media and cultural cooperation between the two countries, especially following the agreements signed during the visit of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to China last July.
This came during a meeting between the Kuwaiti media delegation visiting China and Chinese media to enhance communication and dialogue among them and to become acquainted with the largest media institutions in China in light of the agreements reached between the two countries during the visit of His Highness the Amir.
"The visit of the Kuwaiti media delegation to China is important because of the role of the media as one of the channels that contribute to enhancing relations between the two countries," said Sun Changwa, deputy editor-in-chief of the 'China Daily' newspaper, in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
He also stressed the importance of the role media can play in order to achieve cultural rapprochement between the two peoples, especially as each of them does not know the nature of the other.
He added that the media men are capable of shedding more light on cultures between peoples as well as exchanging of information among peoples and this is the main goal of visits of media delegations, including the visit by the Kuwaiti media delegation.
He expressed his happiness with the visit of the Kuwaiti delegation to the headquarters of the China Daily and hoped that this exchange will continue in the future more than before.
For his part, head of the media delegation, Deputy Director-General of the Editorial Sector and Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Saad Al-Ali stressed during the meeting with Chinese media the important role of the Kuwaiti media after the agreements signed during the visit of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to China to promote media and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
Al-Ali stressed the need to close the gap between the two communities and learn more about the culture of the two countries to enhance cooperation between them.
He said there are joint visits between the two countries to discuss the development plan and future projects.
He stressed the need to activate the agreements between the Kuwaiti Journalists Association and the Association of Chinese Journalists and asserted keenness to strengthen communication between them.
He praised China's strong ties with many countries, the Chinese President's economic expansion and the media role played by institutions in China.
For his part, an official of international relations in the Association of Chinese Journalists stressed the need to strengthen communication and dialogue between journalists and media and identify the media institutions in both countries because of their positive results in terms of relations between Kuwait and China.
He added that the Association of Chinese Journalists represents 217 media organizations, and the number of members of the Association is about one million journalists, which reflects the interest of the Chinese people in the media.
The 'China Daily', the largest English-language Chinese newspaper, was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Beijing with offices in China's largest city and special publications in some capitals, such as New York and London.
The media delegation, led by Al-Ali, includes a group of journalists in Kuwaiti media institutions and the Ministry of Information.(end).
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