ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, has arrived at the international airport of Kuwait City, where it was welcomed by the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, and the Italian Ambassador in Kuwait, Lorenzo Morini.
President Meloni will go to the Bayan Palace for a bilateral meeting with the Emir of the State of Kuwait, Misha’al Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah. At the end of the meeting, there will be an exchange of agreements and a work dinner offered by the Emiro.
BILATERALE MELONI-EMIRO. FOCUS SU ENERGIA, DIFESA E CRISI REGIONALI
Premier Giorgia Meloni will be visiting Kuwait this evening. It is the thirteenth in the Gulf Nations, and Meloni will be the first President of the Council to have visited all six Nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council during a government mandate. A primacy – Italian sources underline – that gives the measure of Italy’s attention to a decisive region for security, energy and global economic balances. A long-term commitment also recognised by the invitation to participate in the GCC Summit in Manama in December 2025. The visit gathers an invitation from the Emir, Sheikh Misha’al Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, and the Prime Minister, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, will also participate. Italy and Kuwait share a particularly rooted relationship, starting from Italy’s participation in the liberation of Kuwait after the invasion of Saddam Hussein Iraq.
A long-term economic relationship has developed on this trust: Kuwaiti investments in Italy range from tourism to real estate, from high-tech to energy sectors, where Q8 represents the most recognizable presence with a portfolio that includes a distribution network of 3,000 stores and investments in refining and producing biofuels, also in partnership with Eni. The aim is to increase investment in both directions. To this point the agreement that will be signed between Ice and Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority. The comparison with the Emir will look in particular at the needs made more urgent by regional crises: more resilient critical infrastructure, supply chains and alternative distribution, large regional and intercontinental corridors. Areas in which Kuwaiti capital and Italian industrial capacity can contribute to reducing common vulnerabilities and creating new growth opportunities.
The defense remains a pillar of the bilateral relationship. The visit will give further impetus to this collaboration also thanks to the Cooperation Agreement in the defence sector which entered into force on 12 October. On the security side, a memorandum of understanding between the Carabinieri and the Kuwaiti National Guard will also be defined. To give continuity to commitments will be the Action Plan 2027-2030, adopted during the visit: a work programme that identifies common priorities and directs cooperation in the different sectors. Finally, the interview will allow a comparison of the main regional crisis and the safety of the routes on which the European and Gulf economies depend. In central Iran, Yemen and freedom of navigation, together with the relations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Israeli-Palestinian question and Lebanon.
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