ANSA signs new collaboration accord with Kuwait's KUNA

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 29 - KUNA and ANSA on Monday signed a collaboration accord that envisages the possibility for the partners of utilizing their respective news and information services for editorial use and for developing joint commercial offerings in support of the communication of institutions and businesses in the respective countries.
    The accord was signed in a digital link between the two agencies, in the presence of Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Carlo Baldocci and Ambassador of Kuwait to Italy Nasser Sanhat Alqahtani.
    Ambassador Baldocci hailed the solid bilateral relations that link Italy and Kuwait and voiced the hope that the two countries will intensify and further develop their mutual relations in various sectors including the press and media. He stressed that the signing of the accord expresses the will of both countries to promote mutual understanding and knowledge, through the development of relations in the field of communication and information, the exchange of visits by technical groups by the two sides, the exchange of news and information on the media, and so forth.
    For Ambassador Nasser Sanhat Alqahtani "today's signing of this accord between KUNA and ANSA is an important step forward that renews and deepens the professional cooperation, already going back 30 years, of the two main protagonists, news and information actors in Kuwait and Italy; it also reflects the strong mutual desire of our two countries to broaden cooperation at all levels within the framework of fruitful relations of strong friendship. The cooperation between KUNA and ANSA is also one of the qualifying and underlying aspects of the ties of dialogue and cultural interchange in various sectors, which bind our two peoples and consolidate the excellent and growing cooperation within the ambit of institutional relations whose 60th anniversary we are gearing to celebrate next year".
    KUNA Director General Fatima Al-Salem hailed the depth and prestige of the ties of friendship and cooperation between Kuwait and Italy, underscoring the common desire to strengthen them in various fields, including media. "KUNA wishes to build a broad network of relations with ANSA and to reinforce joint cooperation, with the aim of imagining an evolved future for the sector of media and innovative media, which may elevate it while preserving its mission, values and goals," she added, voicing the wish that "the collaboration accord sealed today between KUNA and ANSA may help consolidate an advanced model of media cooperation as a platform for the exchange of news and highlight the development pathways, as well as boosting cooperation in the information field and improving and refining the competencies of operators. The signing of the accord is part of the framework of KUNA's desire to strengthen its presence on the international arena and supply international press agencies, including ANSA, with all the news on Kuwaiti affairs, and to spotlight the role of the State of Kuwait in all fields, especially the political, parliamentary, economic, cultural and humanitarian ones".
    Managing Director Stefano De Alessandri voiced satisfaction at the renewal of this collaboration with an historic partner: "This new accord constitutes a confirmation and a broadening of the work we have already been doing for some time with KUNA, which represents an important reference point within the ambit of the strategic area of the Middle East. As well as broadening the availability of news and mutual knowledge between Kuwait and Italy, this new accord also marks the occasion for the exchange of experiences, as well as a further opportunity for the development of commercial projects in support of the communication of the institutions and companies of the two countries". (ANSA).