Kuwait: Jaber Al-Mubarak: In Europe

Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah made a two-day official visit to Italy in mid-September, accompanied by defence minister and first deputy premier Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, finance minister Anas Al-Saleh and oil minister Ali Al-Omair. Sheikh Jaber held talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Rome’s mayor, Ignazio Marino. Sheikh Khalid also held a meeting with his defence counterpart, Roberta Pinotti, at which they discussed a joint defence co-operation committee meeting due in Kuwait in October.