The Prime Minister of Kuwair, Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, will visit India from 7-10 November. He will be accompanied by a delegation that includes ministers, senior officials and captains of industry.
During his four-day visit, Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber will meet his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, and the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma.
Following the high-level meetings with the Indian leadership, he will hold meetings with India’s business sector at a luncheon jointly organized by FICCI, CII and ASSOCHAM.
India and Kuwait share friendly relations based on close economic ties, geographic proximity and cultural affinities. Indians form the largest expatriate community living in Kuwait and the bilateral trade between the two countries stands at $17 billion. Cooperation and trade in the energy sector is one of the most important facets of the bilateral. Kuwait is India’s fourth largest supplier of crude oil and both sides are looking to enhance cooperation in the energy sector through investments in oil exploration and refineries.