KYOTO (Japan), Sept 10 (KUNA) -- Visiting Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ismail Al-Shatti agreed Sunday with Japan's minister for science and technology, Iwao Matsuda, to launch talks on cooperation in environmental sciences and technologies.
At a meeting with Matsuda in the ancient city of Kyoto, western Japan, Al-Shatti asked Japan to assist Kuwait in establishing an early warning system to detect neighboring Iran's potential nuclear blasts and radioactive contamination of shared sky and sea water.
"We are also keen to introduce Japan's advanced technology to secure safe drinking water, as Arabian Gulf would potentially be exposed to uranium contamination in the event of Iran's nuclear incident," said Al-Shatti.
The Kuwaiti minister also noted Kuwait and Japan have already implemented joint environmental protection projects, expressing hope that the two countries would further strengthen strategic relations in the area of science and technology.
Matsuda responded that Japan was full of confidence over the prospect of the mutually beneficial cooperation in this field.
The Japanese minister vowed his government would provide utmost efforts to support Kuwait to ease its fears, pointing out that Japan has introduced a cutting edge monitoring system following the 1992 Chernobyl disaster.
Al-Shatti arrived in Kyoto Saturday to attend the Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS Forum), an annual conference bringing together some 600 global opinion leaders to discuss the effects of science and technology. The meeting was also attended by Kuwaiti Ambassador to Indonesia Mohammad Khalaf and acting ambassador to Japan Khaled Al-Mutairi.
