Kuwait city: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace. The meeting took place on the occasion of the second Japan-GCC Foreign Ministers' Strategic Cooperation Meeting, which Minister Iwaya is attending.
According to Kuwait News Agency, present at the meeting were the head of His Highness the Crown Prince's Diwan, Sheikh Thamer Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya, and senior officials. The discussions are part of ongoing efforts to enhance strategic cooperation between Japan and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.