Kuwaiti crown prince confers with British defense secretary

Originally published February 3, 2000

Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah al-Sabah on Wednesday received British Defense Minister Geoffrey Hoon. Talks dealt with friendship and cooperation relations, especially in the military area, and means of continuously backing these relations.

Present at the meeting were Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Salem al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Army's chief of staff and the British ambassador in Kuwait.

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