US, Kuwait Set To Launch Fourth Strategic Dialogue

  • 08/11/2020

Kuwait City : The governments of Kuwait and the US are set to launch their fourth Strategic Dialogue talks on Monday. The US Embassy on Sunday said that both the governments are scheduled to launch the talks through a series of virtual, bilateral working groups. The working groups will run for next two weeks and will end with a closing ceremony in Washington DC on November 24. The closing ceremony will be co-chaired by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Al-Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The working groups serve to strengthen the cooperation between both the countries across different fields including political, human rights and development, education and scientific cooperation, security, consular services, customs and border protection, trade and investment and defense.US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski said that "The bilateral working groups have to take on a mostly virtual dimension this year because of the pandemic." Romanowski added "If anything, however, going virtual is a testament to our commitment and resolve to expand cooperation between our two countries despite the limitations imposed by Covid-19." Also added that "The Strategic Dialogue has become the centerpiece of our enduring relationship and it will continue to serve as a long-term framework for our common vision of continuously expanding cooperation."

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