many of you know that they continued to sponsor medical treatment services abroad for 4,000 kuwaiti nationals and the u.s. is a primary destination for that group of patients. kuwaitis, like american doctors and hospitals and medical equipment in technology and medicine and given the preferences and u.s. competitive expansion contracts. in the field of i.t. and telecommunications there are a wealth of opportunities particularly for u.s. companies that are able to provide the level of technical expertise that kuwait requires as it aims to upgrade the existing infrastructure. over the next five to ten years, they will require to embrace technologies from government to education to health care industry. one potential partner for the u.s. in u.s. i.t. and telecommunication firms is kuwait a minhestry of telecommunications. this ministry has been tasked for the telecommunications and infrastructure and has embarked on a plan to install the comprehensive fiber optics over the next five years. phase one of the plan was completed and the process is entering the second phase as the ministry looks to q

government in kuwait continues to sponsor medical treatment services abroad for around 12,000 kuwaiti nationals every year and the u.s. is aim

kuwaitis regularly express to me their preference for u.s. medical services and treatment. many feel that the government in kuwait continues to sponsor medical services abroad for about 12,000 nationalsand the u.s. is a primary destination for that group of patients. kuwaitis like american doctors, hospitals, technology and medicine, and given those presences i think u.s. companies will have a natural competitive advantage in bidding on health can contracts. in the field of i.t. and telecommunications, there are a wealth of opportunities particularly for u.s. companies that are able to provide the level of technical expertise that kuwait requires as it aims to upgrade existing infrastructure. over the next 5-10 years, kuwait's development needs will require to embrace new technologies for use in a variety of fields from government to education to health care industry. one potential partner for the u.s. in u.s. i.t. and telecommunication firms the ministry of -- is the ministry of communication cans tasked to oversee the upgrade and has embarked on a plan to install a comprehensive fiberoptics network over the next five years. phase one of that plan was just completed, and the tenderi

kuwaity expressed their desire for medical treatment. the government of kuwait sponsors treatment abroad for 12,000 kuwait nationals every year and u.s. is a primary destination for the group of patients. cue kuwait likes american doctor, and u.s. companies have a natural competitive advantage in bidding on health expansion contracts. in the field of i.t. and telecommunications, there's a wealth of opportunities, particularly for u.s. companies that are able to provide the level of technical expertise that kuwait requires as it aims to upgrade existing infrastructure. over the next 5-10 years, they need to embrace new technologies for a use of variety of fields in government, education, to health care industries. one potential partner for the u.s. in u.s. i.t. and telecommunication firms is the ministry tasked to oversea the upgrade of the telecommunications infrastructure and embarked on a plan to install a network over the next five years, phase one just completed, and the tendering process is entering the second phase as the ministry looks for firms to be able to advise and supervise the design and implementation of the massive pro