Date : 13/10/2003
KUN0099 4 GEN 0320 KUWAIT /KUNA-LBU8
MDA-CHINA-KUWAIT-KUNA
KUNA Director General in China at invitation by Xinhua news agency
By Hasan Al-Sayegh
BEIJING, Oct 13 (KUNA) -- Director General and Board Chairman of Kuwait
News Agency (KUNA) Mohammed Ahmad Al-Ajeery and the accompanying delegation
arrived here on Monday for an official visit at invitation by Director General
of China's Xinhua News Agency Tian Congming.
Al-Ajeery was greeted upon arrival by Xinhua Foreign Communications
Director and Kuwaiti Charge d'affaires in China Ahmad Al-Jeiran.
In press statements upon arrival, Al-Ajeery expressed pleasure to be
visiting China and meeting fellow journalists and officials at Xinhua News
Agency, particularly President Congming.
He said the visit would bolster cooperation that had already improved since
the two bodies signed the cooperation agreement.
Al-Ajeery recalled satisfactory agreement in stances on main issues and
issues of mutual interest between the two states. He recalled, with gratitude,
China's support of Kuwait during the 1990 Iraqi aggression.
KUNA Chairman Al-Ajeery would be holding talks with his counterpart Xinhua
President Tian Congming with Editorial Division Director and Deputy Presidents
present.
The delegation is to later meet the Chinese Foreign Minister as well as
Foreign Ministry Media Department officials and would take part in a joint
conference with Xinhua's China and International News Departments. They are
also to discuss means to further cooperation between KUNA and the Education
and Training Department.
KUNA's delegation comprises Director General Office Director Hasan Abdallah
Al-Sayegh, KUNA Center for Training and Development of Media Skills Director
Lamya' Al-Hmaidhi and researcher at KUNA's Information and Research Department
Dawood Fayrooz.
KUNA and Xinhua had signed a cooperation agreement back in 1985 and had
renewed the agreement in 1993. (end)
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