Installation of Algerian-Kuwaiti parliamentary friendship group

 
ALGIERS- The Algerian-Kuwaiti parliamentary friendship group was set up Tuesday at the People’s National Assembly, the   Parliament’s Lower House said in a statement.  
 
The installation ceremony was chaired by the deputy speaker of the People’s National Assembly Omari Abdellah, in the presence of the chargé d’affaires ad interim at the embassy of Kuwait in Algeria Khaled Alyouha, president of the parliamentary group of the Movement for Society and Peace (MSP) Ahmed Saddouk and a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad.
 
On this occasion, Omari affirmed that “the relations between the two countries date back to the era of the national struggle against the occupation,” pointing out “the role of Kuwait alongside the Algerian Revolution against the French occupier, as well as partnership efforts and political and economic cooperation between the two countries which continued after the independence for the achievement of the social and economic development.”
 
“The relations between Algeria and Kuwait have a fraternal character based on ties of cooperation, friendship, mutual respect and convergence of views concerning a number of regional and international issues,” said the source.
 
He underlined that “the two countries aspire today to establish an exceptional partnership notably after the last official visit to President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune to Kuwait in February 2022, giving a further impetus to the bilateral relations at several levels.”
 
He welcomed the “exceptional” relations between the two countries, strengthened by the different activities, like official visits, training sessions as well as the participation in conferences and discussions between the presidents of the two legislative institutions in the different forums, added the source.
 
For his part, the head of the friendship group Zakaria Belkhir, said that “the group will work seriously for the creation of stronger ties between Algeria and Kuwait, in addition to the revitalization of the multi-dimensional parliamentary exchanges, notably at the political, economic, social, cultural, historical and religious levels.”
 
For his part, Alyouha dubbed “fraternal, strong and historical » the relations between Algeria and Kuwait, adding that “the installation of the friendship group will enable further strengthening these relations,” added the source.