Kuwait’s Saad Abdullah Police Academy announced on Saturday the enrolment of 600 cadets and 100 reservists out of 5,590 candidates for the 48 batch from high school graduates. The names of those enrolled were drawn from a lottery among qualified candidates under auspices of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and in the presence of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lt.-Gen. Anwar Abdullatif Al-Barjas and Assistant Undersecretary Maj.-Gen. Badr Al-Baloul. Several senior police officers attended the lottery, according to a statement from the Ministry’s General Directorate of Security Relations and Media. Source: Kuwait News Agency

Lower House Speaker, Ahmed Safadi, and his accompanying parliamentary delegation on Sunday arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The delegation was received at King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Airport, by Speaker of the Saudi Shura Council (SSC), Abdullah Al Sheikh. According to a House statement, Safadi affirmed the “depth” of the Jordanian-Saudi relations under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, expressing aspiration to enhance joint parliamentary cooperation to serve common interests and the central Arab issues. Speaking at the reception ceremony, Al Sheikh welcomed Safadi and the accompanying delegation, hoping that this visit would contribute to strengthening bilateral relations, especially the parliamentary ties between Jordan’s Parliament and SSC, to realize aspirations of the two kingdoms’ leaderships. Safadi met with officials of Riyadh Chamber of Commerce (RCC), which brings under its umbrella 35 trade chambers. Talks went over importance of joint cooperation between Jordanian and Saudi trade chambers and ways to exchange mutual expertise, the statement said. During the meeting, Safadi invited RCC’s administration to visit Jordan in a bid to enhance trade exchange. For their part, RCC’s officials affirmed their keenness on boosting joint cooperation and benefiting from Jordan’s expertise in the health, tourism and infrastructure sectors. Safadi and Al Sheikh are scheduled to hold official talks Monday at the SSC’s headquarters, aimed to enhance parliamentary cooperation. Source: Jordan News Agency

The UK Permanent Under-Secretary (PUS) at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Sir Philip Barton, is in Jordan from 9-11 July to discuss the UK-Jordan partnership and international and regional developments. According to a British embassy statement, Sir Barton is scheduled to meet his counterparts at the Jordan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss strengthening UK-Jordan collaboration through a UK diplomatic training programme for junior Jordanian diplomats and a travel scheme for Jordanians travelling to the UK. The statement added that he would discuss the Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian Crisis and “long-term, cost-effective solutions” for refugees in Jordan with the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Zeina Toukan. Sir Barton’s visit aims to promote UK-supported efforts to improve inclusive education and increase women’s participation in Jordan. He is scheduled to co-chair a Climate Roundtable with Environment Minister Muawieh Radaideh on Jordan’s climate plan ahead of COP28 in the UAE. Sir Barton would meet younger Jordanians who have started businesses and learn about the opportunities and challenges facing entrepreneurs in Jordan. He is expected to launch the 2023 Chevening Scholarship campaign and celebrate its 40th year of scholarships globally. Ahead of his visit, Sir Barton said: “I’m looking forward to this visit to Jordan. The UK is keen to work with Jordan to grow our unique strategic partnership and develop areas of untapped potential. “Jordan is an important and long-standing partner, and we will continue to work together to support regional stability and create economic opportunity.” Source: Jordan News Agency