Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom, Lord Gerry Grimstone visited Kuwait on 16 February, accompanied by Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for the Middle East, Simon Penney, to further strengthen UK-Kuwait trade and investment cooperation.
During the course of the visit, Lord Grimstone met with Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Abdulwahab Al-Rushaid, the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Dr. Mohammad Y. Al-Hashel, and the Managing Director of Kuwait Investment Authority Ghanem Al-Ghenaiman to discuss ways to further strengthen UK-Kuwait bilateral relations and collaborations in trade and investment, as well as ways to enhance even further this cooperation.
At the end of his visit, Lord Grimstone said: “The UK and Kuwait are strong allies and I have enjoyed my first visit here as Minister for Investment. I was pleased to meet with the Minister of Finance to discuss ways in which our two nations can trade and invest with each other. I alsolook forward to our continued partnership as the UK draws closer to starting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, of which Kuwait is a key member.”
