KUWAIT CITY, Feb 16: The Ministry of Interior announced the launch of a project to link traffic violations in Kuwait and the UAE in implementation of the decisions of the Interior ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to a statement from the Directorate General of Security Relations and Media, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior in the UAE Major General Khalifa Hareb received the Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic and Operations Affairs and the Head of the delegation of the technical team to link traffic violations Major General Jamal Al-Sayegh, on the occasion of the inauguration of the project.

Al-Sayegh affirmed that the project is a starting point for linking all other security services, which contributes to increasing efficiency of the system and security between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The statement stated that the work to complete the connection took eight months, according to the schedule of all Gulf countries, to link the traffic system in the near future, using Gulf technology that enhances cooperation and coordination between the GCC countries.

The inauguration of the project was attended by the Acting Director General of the General Department of Information Systems Colonel Osama Al-Wahib, the Director of the Technical Office in the Traffic Affairs and Operations Sector Colonel Haqouqi Khaled Al-Adwani, and from the Traffic Investigation Department Colonel Haqqi Faisal Al-Ali, Assistant Director of the Information Systems Department Colonel Bashar Al-Sayed, and from the General Administration of Ministerial Councils and Committees Lieutenant Colonel Nasser Al-Daihani.