Crown Prince in Britain to mark 70th ‘versary of investment office

Crown Prince in Britain to mark 70th ‘versary of investment office

LONDON: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in Britain on Monday to attend and sponsor a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the inception of Kuwait Investment Office, the London branch of the country’s sovereign wealth fund. The visit comes on an invitation by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. HH Sheikh Mishal was welcomed upon arrival by Kuwait’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Bader Al-Awadhi and Kuwait Investment Authority Managing Director Ghanem Al-Ghunaiman, in addition to a number of Kuwaiti and British diplomats and officials.

HH the Crown Prince’s accompanying delegation comprises of Deputy Prime Minister, Oil Minister, Minister of State for Economic and Investment Affairs and Acting Finance Minister Dr Saad Al-Barrak, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and senior state officials.

HH the Crown Prince was seen off at Kuwait airport by National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun, HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Head of the Crown Prince’s Diwan Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Acting Minister of Defense Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of the Amiri Diwan Sheikh Mohammad