KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa on Sunday presided over an official round of talks between the two countries. Present at the talks were HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and senior officials of both countries.

Al-Sharaa and an accompanying delegation were earlier received at the airport by head of the honorary delegation, Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya. The Syrian delegation included Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and senior state officials.

Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said in a statement that the talks focused on bolstering bilateral relations in all possible domains to achieve the mutual interests of Kuwait and Syria. The talks also focused on coordinating efforts between the two countries regionally and internationally, especially those concerning maintaining the stability and unity of Syria, he revealed. Issues of common concerns as well as regional and global developments were discussed, the minister added.

HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal later held a luncheon in honor of Al-Sharaa and the accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace. Al-Sharaa also met First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah in his residence at Bayan Palace on Sunday with the attendance of Al-Yahya, before departing Kuwait. – KUNA