Kuwait Relief Society signed on Sunday in the Qatari capital, Doha, a strategic cooperation agreement with the humanitarian funds of the Islamic Cooperation Organization. The chairman of the Society Dr. Ibrahim Al-Saleh said in a statement to KUNA that the agreement aims to set up a platform for joint humanitarian work, strengthen regional and international presence of both institutions, and create a tangible impact in the areas of humanitarian work and rapid intervention in disasters and crises. Al-Saleh, who represented the society in inking the agreement, pointed to the necessity of cooperation in humanitarian programs, relief projects, exchange experience and sharing knowledge and information between the two institutions in the field of humanitarian work and emergency response. For his part, the Kuwait Relief Society Engineer Jamal Al-Nouri confirmed in a similar statement to KUNA that areas of cooperation will include implementing joint qualitative humanitarian initiatives and jointly joining already existing humanitarian or relief initiatives. He added that according to the agreement, each party pledges to allocate half a million Qatari riyals (about USD 137,000) to support the rapid intervention initiative in cases of disasters, crises and emergencies. Al-Nouri thanked the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry's Development Affairs and International Cooperation Sector for approval to sign it. Source: Kuwait News Agency