India,Kuwait ink agreements on education,culture

India and Kuwait signed three agreements on education,culture and science and technology during Vice President Hamid Ansaris visit......

India and Kuwait signed three agreements on education,culture and science and technology during Vice President Hamid Ansaris visit to the nation in a bid to woo Kuwaiti investment and improve bilateral relations. Ansari on Tuesday emphasised the presence of a large Indian community as a vital aspect of bilateral ties at the Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce. It is particularly satisfying that they have acquired a reputation for hard work,efficiency and being disciplined and law-abiding, he said.

Underlining that India would be able to absorb $ 500 billion investment in the next 10 years for its burgeoning infrastructure demands,Ansari said,The biggest opportunity is in infrastructure development where public-private partnerships are being encouraged.

Central to discussions between Ansari and Amir,the head of Kuwait,and the key ministers of the Kuwaiti cabinet were investments in fertilizer production and airport and port management. The pacts signed in soft sectors like education and culture are widely seen as sweeteners to Kuwait,where the ruling royal families have substantial stakes in business. Official sources claimed that the billion dollar investment surplus with Kuwaits investment body was a further attraction for India.

Ansari summed up his address with a hope for more sustained engagement between the two nations. I am confident that the Indo-Kuwaiti relationship would blossom in the years to come, he said.

Shubhajit Roy

Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More

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