UAE, Kuwait link traffic systems

The UAE and Kuwait have linked their traffic systems.

The inauguration of the bilateral linkage between the two countries was announced on Tuesday.

Kuwait, UAE to link traffic violations as per GCC ministers’ decision https://t.co/yHNDHMWKGt#KUNA #KUWAIT

— Kuwait News Agency – English Feed (@kuna_en) February 14, 2023

The announcement came at a meeting held in Abu Dhabi between delegates of the two countries.

Maj. Gen. Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, received the Kuwaiti delegation headed by Maj. Gen. Jamal Hatem Al Sayegh, assistant undersecretary for traffic and operations affairs at Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior.

Officials at the meeting discussed ways to enhance existing cooperation between the two countries in police and security fields, official news agency WAM reported.

The linkage of the traffic systems would be completed within an integrated Gulf project aimed at exchanging information, unifying procedures and facilitating services.

The Kuwaiti delegation was briefed on the security support operations room of the General Directorate of Security Support and its systems to support decision-makers during events and following up on police systems.

The announcement comes only days after UAE and Qatar also linked their traffic systems, as part of the integrated project.

Read: UAE and Qatar link traffic systems

Abu Dhabi topped the list of capitals with the least traffic congestion in 2021, in the TomTom Traffic Index that surveyed 416 cities in 57 countries.

Read: Abu Dhabi named world’s least ‘traffic congested’ capital city in 2021