NATO chief to lead delegation to Kuwait to celebrate 15th ICI anniversary

BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- A North Atlantic Council (NAC) delegation on the level of permanent representatives to NATO and led by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Kuwait on 15 and 16 December.
The NATO chief and NATO Ambassadors will attend a ceremony under the patronage of His Highness Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), where Stoltenberg will deliver remarks, noted a NATO press release Friday.
Stoltenberg together with NATO Ambassadors will be attending a North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting with the ICI Countries.
The Gulf Cooperation Council Secretariat, Oman and Saudi Arabia will also participate, it noted.
The ceremony and the NAC meeting will take place at the NATO-ICI Regional Centre in Kuwait City.
ICI was launched in Istanbul in 2004 to promote long-term security cooperation between NATO and Arab Gulf countries. Currently Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and UAE are members of the ICI.
Stoltenberg inaugurated the NATO-ICI Regional Centre in Kuwait in 2017. (end) nk.mt