Kuwait's Finance Minister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr. Nora Al-Fassam held talks on Thursday with her visiting Turkish counterpart Mehmet Simsek, focusing on efforts to ratchet up bilateral relations. Citing a raft of economic and investment deals signed by Kuwait and Ankara, these agreements aim to propel ties to greater levels, ahead of a joint Arab-Turkish economic forum in the Turkish city of Istanbul next week, said a finance ministry statement. Source: Kuwait News Agency