Kuwait has been invited to take part in the 2026 United Nations Water Conference, which is set to be held in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah received the invitation in a joint written letter from UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Senegal's Minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad, Cheikh Niang.

According to a press statement issued by the ministry, the letter was handed over during a meeting between Sheikh Jarrah and the UAE Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr Matar Al-Neyadi, and Senegal's Ambassador to Kuwait, Hassan Sougou.

The ministry said the message carried an invitation for Kuwait to join the UN gathering on water, to be hosted in Abu Dhabi in 2026. The letter was sent jointly in the names of the foreign ministers of the UAE and Senegal and delivered in person by the two countries' envoys in Kuwait.

The details were reported by the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), citing the Foreign Ministry's statement.