KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, who handed him a letter from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the strong bilateral relations between the two countries, and ways to improve them in all arenas. Sisi also extended an invitation in the letter to His Highness the Amir to visit Egypt, which His Highness has accepted.

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attended the meeting. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah also received the visiting Egyptian official at Bayan Palace yesterday, in presence of Kuwait's foreign minister.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad held a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart on the occasion of his official visit to the country. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the bilateral ties between the two countries and the two brotherly peoples, as well as the most prominent current regional and global developments. Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah and other senior officials attended the meeting.

Shoukry had arrived in Kuwait on Saturday, and was received at Kuwait International Airport by Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad, Assistant Foreign Minister for Protocols Dhari Al-Ajran, Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Fahad Al-Awadhi, Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Tariq Al-Qouni and other senior officials from Kuwait's Foreign ministry and the Egyptian Embassy. - KUNA