KUWAIT, June 25 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Livestock Transport and Trading Company (KLTT) imported the largest 69pct proportion of Australian sheep exports in 2011, making it the largest Australian livestock carrier in the world, it said Monday.

After meeting a high-level Australian state delegation, Assistant Managing Director of the company Faisal Al-Bader told KUNA that 2011 saw the continuation of close cooperation between Kuwait and Australia in sheep trade which began 40 years ago, making KLTT Australia's largest partner in this area.

Al-Bader said that the Australian delegation, headed by Consul General in the Office of Australian Trade Gerard Sabre expressed his government's keenness to promote trade relations with Kuwait, especially in the field of the transport and trade of livestock, which enjoys great interest as being one of the most important factors in food security in the region.

He added that the meeting agreed to address all obstacles hampering cooperation between the two sides, through the reveiw of all proposals for the development of the company's activities and operations in Australia to cope with the large increase in the demand for lamb and mutton in the country.