High Powered Kuwaiti Delegation Receives President Koroma
Alhaji Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia Monitors from neighbouring Kuwait: The Sierra Leone Mission in the State of Kuwait confirmed the arrival of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma in Kuwait city for an official three–day visit Monday, 24th May, 2010. (Photo: President Ernest Bai Koroma)
Speaking on telephone from Kuwait, Head of Chancery, Saidu Timbo says, the President and entourage where warmly received upon arrival at Kuwait International Airport.
According to reports on Kuwaiti media, the President and entourage were greeted at the airport by His Highness the ‘Amir’ of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness, the Crown Prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Speaker of Parliament, Jassem Mohammad Al-Kharafi, Deputy Chief of National Guard, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Acting Minister of ‘Diwan Amiri’ (Royal Court) Affairs, Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, among many other senior officials in the police force, the army, and the national guard.
The President who was accompanied by Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura, Minister of Trade and Industry David Carew, to name but a few, is expected to hold official talks with the ‘Amir’ of Kuwait on relations between the two countries and a number of African issues of common concern.
Meanwhile, President of the Sierra Leone Union in Kuwait, Sanussie Jalloh told the Information Bureau of the Sierra Leone Embassy in Riyadh shortly after the President’s arrival that they had also put in place plans to give the President a hero’s welcome at the country’s famous Bayan Palace.
This is an opportunity for us in this part of the world to welcome our dynamic President, Jalloh says, adding that: “Mr. President deserves a massive welcome from his people. We have a lot of admiration for a leader who is determined to turn our country around politically and economically for sustainable development.”
According to a BBC Country Profile, Kuwait is a small, oil-rich country nestling at the top of the Gulf, flanked by large or powerful neighbors – Saudi Arabia to the south, Iraq to the north and Iran to the east.
Its oil fields were first exploited in the 1930s, and since the development of the petroleum industry after World War II and independence in 1961, oil has dominated the economy, making up around 90% of export revenues.
Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Information Attach̩, Sierra Leone Embassy, Riyadh РKingdom of Saudi Arabia
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