Board Chairman of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Sabah on Wednesday wrapped up a visit to Bahrain during which he took part in meetings of the Secretariat of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) and the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).
FANA's meeting tackled a number of files designed to bolster coordination among Arab news agencies in sectors such as training and participation in international events.
Sheikh Mubarak, also KUNA's Director General, had taken part in a meeting grouping FANA and OANA for expertise exchange and boosting cooperation at various levels in the sector.
KUNA holds the deputy chairmanship of FANA. The Kuwaiti news agency's delegation was headed by Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij and included Issam Al-Ruwaih, the head of the news agency's international relations department.
FANA's Secretariat held its annual meeting in Manama on Monday under chairmanship of FANA President and Director General of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Abdullah Al-Hussein. The meeting discussed a range of files, namely coordination between the Arab wire services, the joint training programs for editors of the FANA member agencies.
During its latest conference, held in Saudi Arabia in November, FANA's General Assembly reached a number of highly-important decisions on partnerships with other regional organizations.
Current members of FANA Secretariat are KUNA, the SPA, Egypt's Middle East News Agency (MENA), Qatar News Agency (QNA), Morocco News Agency (MAP) and Bahrain News Agency (BNA).
GMT 01:15 2018 Wednesday ,24 January
Bollywood actor gets engaged to long-time girlfriendGMT 08:31 2018 Monday ,22 January
Candypants appoints JPR Media GroupGMT 23:09 2018 Saturday ,20 January
Famed photographer Mario Testino accusedGMT 22:22 2018 Thursday ,18 January
Lebanon bans Spielberg film and adventurer biopicGMT 19:44 2018 Thursday ,18 January
Michael Douglas, James Franco denyGMT 19:39 2018 Thursday ,18 January
Hollywood gets party season startedGMT 11:08 2018 Thursday ,18 January
Facebook agrees to widen probe of Brexit vote fake newsGMT 15:30 2018 Monday ,15 January
George Clooney to make TV return for 'Catch-22' miniseriesMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor