KUNA chief discusses boosting cooperation with Chinese envoy

KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait News Agency Dr Fatma Al-Salem on Wednesday received the Chinese Ambassador to the State of Kuwait Zhang Jianwei and discussed means of promoting media cooperation between the two countries.

Dr Al-Salem affirmed during the reception of the Chinese ambassador, held at her office, necessity of boosting this level of cooperation within Kuwait Vision 2035 development strategy and Beijing’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), depicting the strategic relations between the two countries in various domains, namely the media sector.

The KUNA chief stressed the necessity of employing the media to be the means of closer cooperation between the two friendly countries and peoples and cementing the bonds further at diverse levels. KUNA is quite keen on maintaining the cooperation with China, she said, underlining the memo bonding the Kuwaiti news agency with its China counterpart, the Chinese news agency.

The Chinese ambassador said that the media is the third power globally and plays a positive role for developing diplomatic relations among states, affirming Beijing’s readiness to expand the cooperation with the State of Kuwait. He also praised KUNA’s status, locally, in the Arab world and the globe. The two sides examined the bilateral diplomatic relations, first established in 1971.

Kuwait was the first Gulf country to bond itself with a relationship with Beijing. Ambassador Jianwei congratulated Dr Al-Salem on assuming the post. The meeting was attended by KUNA’s deputy director general for editorial affairs Issam Al-Ghanim and the deputy director general for administrative and financial affairs, Mohammad Al-Mannaei. – KUNA

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