The Bosnian leader highlighted the importance of the Prime Minister of Kuwait HH Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s visit and hailed his country’s ties with Kuwait.
Bosnia and Kuwait also signed two agreement yesterday – a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bolster political consultations between the foreign ministries of both nations and a loan deal under which Kuwait will provide Bosnia with a $ 45-million loan to build a portion of a key highway. The loan will be used for the construction of a 2.5-km stretch of a corridor linking the Hungarian capital Budapest with the Adriatic coast, Bosnian Finance Minister Dragan Vrankic told local media.
Sheikh Nasser and Silajdzic later visited a Kuwaiti-funded mosque in Sarajevo. The PM and the delegation accompanying him prayed at the mosque and then met with Bosnians who welcomed the visiting Kuwaiti delegation. Sheikh Nasser was then briefed about the history of the Kuwaiti-funded mosque. Construction of the mosque began in 2003 and finished in 2006. Sheikh Nasser also visited a children’s hospital in Sarajevo and was briefed about the services provided by the facility. The premier told the Bosnian pr
ess that he was very impressed by the services which the hospital provided and indicated that Kuwait and Bosnia-Herzegovina would work on developing health cooperation in the near future. (Material from agencies used in this report. A detailed interview with Haris Silajdzic will be published soon)
