Kuwait and Turkey signed several agreements on Tuesday during a ceremony attended by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The agreements include a maritime transport agreement between the government of Kuwait and the government of Turkey, along with a memorandum of understanding between Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior and Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure regarding the mutual recognition of seafarers’ certificates. The two were signed by Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah and Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan.
A memorandum of understanding was also signed on cooperation in the field of energy by Kuwait’s Minister of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy, Acting Minister of Finance, and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Subaih Al-Mukhaizeem, and Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar.
Furthermore, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA), and the Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of Turkey regarding cooperation in the field of direct investment promotion. Director General of KDIPA Sheikh Dr Meshaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Head of the Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of Turkey Ahmet Burak Daglioglu signed the agreement.