JEDDAH: Kuwait’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, arrived in Jeddah on Thursday to begin an official visit to the Kingdom.

He was greeted at King Abdulaziz International Airport by the deputy governor of Makkah, Prince Saud bin Mishal, the Saudi ambassador to Kuwait, Prince Sultan bin Saad, and other senior officials, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Also present were the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Kingdom, Sheikh Sabah Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and the country’s consul general in Jeddah, who is also its permanent representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mohammad Saud Al-Mutairi, the Kuwait News Agency reported.