(ANSAmed) - ROME, MAY 24 - The Italian Foreign Ministry's
special envoy, Maurizio Massari, was in Kuwait yesterday to
discuss issues including the strengthening of bilateral
political dialogue between Italy and Kuwait, in the common
interest of regional stability, the increase in economic
relations through the creation of new contacts between
businesses and economic subjects in both nations, the revival of
parliamentary dialogue, boosted by new elements drawn from the
opening up of Arab society and the political representation of
Islamist forces. Kuwait was the scene for the Foreign Minister
Giulio Terzi's first visit as a minister last November, and has
also been visited in the last two months by Italy's Defence
Minister, Giampaolo di Paola and the Minister for Economic
Development, Corrado Passera.
The Kuwaiti officials to hold talks with Massari included the country's Foreign Minister, Khaled al-Jarallah, the deputy speaker of the Kuwaiti Parliament, Khaled al-Sultan Bin Essa, the chair of the Committee for parliamentary friendship with Italy, Jamaan al-Harbash, and the chairman of the Kuwait Oil Company, Sami al-Rushaid. Regional political issues discussed by the envoy included Iran, Syria and the role of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with whom Italy is attempting to promote more structured strategic dialogue. The trip to Kuwait ends Massari's tour of the Gulf, after trips in recent days to Doha and Riyadh, where he represented Italy at the "Friends of Yemen" meeting.(ANSAmed).
The Kuwaiti officials to hold talks with Massari included the country's Foreign Minister, Khaled al-Jarallah, the deputy speaker of the Kuwaiti Parliament, Khaled al-Sultan Bin Essa, the chair of the Committee for parliamentary friendship with Italy, Jamaan al-Harbash, and the chairman of the Kuwait Oil Company, Sami al-Rushaid. Regional political issues discussed by the envoy included Iran, Syria and the role of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with whom Italy is attempting to promote more structured strategic dialogue. The trip to Kuwait ends Massari's tour of the Gulf, after trips in recent days to Doha and Riyadh, where he represented Italy at the "Friends of Yemen" meeting.(ANSAmed).
