Kuwaiti - Pakistani relations highlighted

Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah today received Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of the accompanying delegation. Talks dealt with means of increasing bilateral relations in all fields as well as developments in the regional and international arenas.

A round of talks was held today between the Kuwaiti and Pakistani delegations chaired by Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The two leaders discussed relations between Kuwait and Pakistan and means of developing them in various fields as well as issues of mutual concern.

Kuwaiti official sources told ArabicNews.com that Sharif will head from Kuwait to Qatar on his trip to inform officials in the two countries on the situation in the region after the nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan and India in May.

Sharif will also meet during his visit with Pakistani citizens in Kuwait and Qatar to encouraging them to increase their financial transfers to Pakistan, and he blames them for the lack of financial transactions since Pakistan's declaration of its nuclear tests, the source said.