Kuwait: Jaber Al-Mubarak visits India

Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah arrived in India on 7 November for a visit, the first by a Kuwaiti premier for several years. His delegation included foreign minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and oil minister Mustafa Al-Shamali. He met Indian premier Manmohan Singh and discussed issues including energy, investment and labour laws. Singh told a news conference that he had asked Sheikh Jaber “for the continued support of the Kuwaiti leadership to ensure that the full protection of Kuwaiti laws and labour welfare measures is available to them [Indian workers in Kuwait]”.