ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015 2 LOCAL KPC displays Kuwait oil sector progress at Expo Milano 2015 Al-Juhaym lauds HH Amir’s support KUWAIT CITY, May 4, (KUNA): Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s (KPC) participation in the six-month long Expo Milano 2015 offers a gold- en chance to show the world the development of the oil sector in Kuwait, KPC Deputy Managing Director for Relations and IT Sheikh Faisal Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has said. The world will get further acquainted with the remarkable progress of the oil industry in Kuwait, as well as the positive steps to protect the environ- ment and realize sustainable development, Sheikh Faisal added in a press statement on Monday. Taking part in Expo Milano 2015 aims at enhancing the Corporation’s presence on the world scene through reviewing the substantial progress by the Kuwaiti oil industry, in addition to its contributions regarding social responsibility to achieve sustainable development, Director of Public and Media Relations at KPC Jamal Sanousi said. Kuwait is partaking in Expo Milano 2015 that kicked off on Friday through a huge delegation representing almost all the state institutions. Representative of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah on Saturday opened the Kuwaiti pavilion, “Challenge of Nature.” He then said that the theme “tells a story of a dream and reality and the hope of Kuwait, in past and present and future, which were made possible by the people of Kuwait who achieved an KUNA photo Sheikh Salman in a group photo during KPC’s participation in Expo Milano 2015. advanced genuine development in economic, development, social and cultural domains,” said Sheikh Salman in a speech at the opening of the pavilion.” The Expo was inaugurated on Friday by the Italian Prime Minister, with the participation of large world dignitaries including Sheikh Salman. Representatives of 145 countries are in Milan for the fair, which boasts 54 national pavilions and remains open until Oct 31. The major global gathering has been held every five years since the 19th century. Meanwhile, designer of the Barayeh housing city engineer Faisal Al-Juhaym has highlight- ed the backing of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the project. In a lecture at the Kuwaiti pavil- ion in Expo Milano 2015, Al- Juhaym stressed His Highness the Amir’s support to Kuwaiti youth to take part in building the future of their country. Al-Juhaym expressed pride that he is participating in the six-month global event that kicked off on May 1. Referring to his project, he noted through Barayeh he is seek- ing to “make a difference for the good of the Kuwaiti society through improving the quality of life and challenging the hard nature.” Al-Juhaym said he inspired the project from Kuwaiti ancestors, saying the old Kuwait city was built on two main basis, safe environment and job opportu- nities. Barayeh in Arabic is the open area in Kuwait in the past where family members and children in particular used to gather, offering the nucleus of social communica- tion. The total area of the city is 35 million square kms. Representing His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah on Saturday opened the Kuwaiti pavilion, “Challenge of Nature.” The Expo was inaugurated a day earlier by the Italian Prime Minister, with the participation of large world dignitaries including Sheikh Salman. Representatives of 145 countries are in Milan for the fair, which boasts 54 national pavilions and remains open until Oct 31. The major global gathering has been held every five years since the 19th century. KUNA photo His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Monday at Seif Palace, Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. KUNA & Italy’s ANSA sign media cooperation accord ROME, May 4, (KUNA): The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and the Italian ANSA on Monday signed a wide-range cooperation agreement, re-launching joint work by both and outlining further prospects of development that range from sharing news and multimedia prod- ucts to technology. KUNA Chairman and Director General Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah and CEO and Managing Director of ANSA Giuseppe Cerbone signed the agreement. The signing ceremony was attended by Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah who is on an offi- cial visit to Italy for Expo Milano 2015, and Kuwait’s Ambassador in Rome Sheikh Ali Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Lauding the accord, Sheikh Salman said he hoped it would contribute to promoting the KUNA’s performance, especially on news exchange, developing the editorial sector and presence overseas, benefiting from ANSA’s experience and long history, established in 1939. In a statement to KUNA, the Minister said that the Kuwait News Agency could also use experts from ANSA to upgrade its technical performance. In the meantime, the Italian agency would benefit from the accord to expand in the region. Sheikh Salman highlighted the “fruitful” last visit by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to Italy and the agreements concluded during it, especially cultural and media ones. He hoped that the KUNA-ANSA accord would help achieve a quantum leap in the Kuwaiti agency, by efforts of Chairman and Director General Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al- Ibrahim Al-Sabah, and the whole staff. For his part, Sheikh Mubarak noted that cooperation between the two agencies dates back to more than two decades, referring to the bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in 2007 to establish the first strategic partnership of its kind between Arab and European news agencies. Today’s agreement will organize exchange of news, photos and data, as well as facilitating missions by correspondents of each agency, giv- ing priority to coverage of national occasions and state officials’ visits, Sheikh Mubarak said. He invited ANSA’s CEO and Managing Director Giuseppe Cerbone to visit Kuwait to complete the executive details of the accord, and explore more prospects of cooperation. “The accord with KUNA, which renews agreements already in place for several years, boosts our international presence. And we want to be operational with immediate effect,” Cerbone said. “With this agreement we want to strengthen our presence in the Gulf region, where there is an economic interest, due to the Italian compa- nies that invest there, as well as a political one,” he added. During the signing ceremony today, KUNA Deputy Director General for the Editorial Sector Saad Al-Ali and ANSA Editor-in-Chief Luigi Contu, reviewed the activities of the two agencies, professional policies and plans, in addition to means of bolstering bilateral media partnership. The ceremony was attended by KUNA Public Relations and Marketing Director Essam Al-Ruwayeh, and officials from Kuwait’s Ministry of Information and the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature (NCCAL). On Saturday, Sheikh Salman in his capacity as Representative of His Highness the Prime Minister, opened the Kuwaiti pavilion, “Challenge of Nature”, at Expo Milano 2015. The Expo was inaugurated on Friday by the Italian Prime Minister, with the participation of large world dignitaries including Sheikh Salman.