Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 43

24-October-2005

KUWAIT

Amiri Speech Outlines Kuwaits Aim To Be Regional Trade/Finance Center

The speech of Kuwaits Amir, Shaikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah, delivered by Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah to mark the opening of the latest session of the National Assembly on 17 October, spoke of the governments plan over the next five years to turn the country into a regional trade and financial center. The plan, to be implemented between 2006/07...