Kuwaiti sheikh here Friday for state visit

Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Jaber AFP FILE PHOTO

The Philippines and Kuwait will sign several agreements during Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Jaber’s five-day state visit that starts Friday afternoon.

Malacañang said Sheikh Sabah is scheduled to arrive at the Palace this Friday afternoon for a courtesy call and bilateral meeting with President Benigno Aquino III.

The agreements to be signed by the two countries include a memorandum of understanding on agricultural and fisheries cooperation, an agreement on the waiver of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, special and official passports, an executive program for the cultural agreement for 2012 to 2014, a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the recruitment and employment of Filipino household service workers, and a memorandum of understanding on labor cooperation.

Among the signatories for the Philippine side are Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, and National Commission on Culture and the Arts Chairman Felipe de Leon.