{"id":90922,"date":"2022-02-19T15:46:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T12:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=90922"},"modified":"2022-02-19T15:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T12:46:39","slug":"uk-minister-for-investment-visits-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/uk-minister-for-investment-visits-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Minister for Investment visits Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom, Lord Gerry Grimstone visited Kuwait on 16 February, accompanied by Her Majesty\u2019s Trade Commissioner for the Middle East, Simon Penney, to further strengthen UK-Kuwait trade and investment cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90924\" src=\"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-19-at-09.29.571.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-19-at-09.29.571.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-19-at-09.29.571-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of his visit, Lord Grimstone said: \u201cThe 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom, Lord Gerry Grimstone visited Kuwait on 16 February, accompanied by Her Majesty\u2019s Trade Commissioner for the Middle East, Simon Penney, to further strengthen UK-Kuwait trade and investment cooperation. 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