Al-Ghunaim delivers message from the emir to Arab league chief

Kuwait's ambassador to the Arab League Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim delivered here Thursday a message from His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Dr. Nabil El-Araby. Al-Ghunaim said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the message contains an official invitation from His Highness the Amir to the Secretary-General to attend the 3rd Arab-African summit, to be held in Kuwait next November 19-20. He added that he discussed with the Secretary-General a number of issues and arrangements for the convening of the summit by the State of Kuwait to make it a success. He stressed that the preparations are going as planned in terms of arrangements and appointments whether by the Arab League, the African Union or Kuwait, the host State. In response to a question about what will be hoped of this summit, Al-Ghunaim said that the African countries highly appreciate the role played by the State of Kuwait and HH the Amir in the political, economic, development, investment and cultural arenas in Africa. He added that this summit will be a qualitative leap in the path of Arab-African cooperation after the Cairo and Sirte summits. He stressed Kuwait's keenness on the success of this summit and build bridges of Arab-African relations, saying that this summit will create strong bridges of economic, trade and investment ties between the Arab and African sides. Al-Ghunaim pointed out that an Arab-Afro Economic Forum would be held on the sidelines of the summit to discuss the prominent prospects of cooperation between Arab and African sides.