Kuwait Commits to Increasing Support to Yemen in All Fields

The Kuwaiti Crown Prince receives the Chairman of the Yemeni Leadership Council at Bayan Palace on Wednesday. (Saba News)
The Kuwaiti Crown Prince receives the Chairman of the Yemeni Leadership Council at Bayan Palace on Wednesday. (Saba News)
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Kuwait Commits to Increasing Support to Yemen in All Fields

The Kuwaiti Crown Prince receives the Chairman of the Yemeni Leadership Council at Bayan Palace on Wednesday. (Saba News)
The Kuwaiti Crown Prince receives the Chairman of the Yemeni Leadership Council at Bayan Palace on Wednesday. (Saba News)

Kuwait has pledged to increase support for Yemen in various political, economic and humanitarian fields, and to back UN efforts to achieve comprehensive peace and stability in the country.

Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah met on Wednesday with Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, and his accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace.

Sheikh Mishaal expressed his sincere hopes that peace, security and comprehensive stability would be achieved throughout Yemen. He affirmed Kuwait’s full backing for all efforts led by the coalition to support legitimacy, foremost of which the Saudi endeavor at the political, economic and humanitarian levels.

Al-Alimi expressed his gratitude to Kuwait, the Emir, the government and the people, for all the support that Yemen has enjoyed during the past decade, by preventing the collapse of the state and deterring the coup militia backed by the Iranian regime.

Ali bin Safaa, Yemen’s ambassador to Kuwait, described the visit of the Yemeni official as successful.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Safaa said that the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council and his accompanying delegation discussed with the Kuwaiti leadership the political situation and the recent initiatives, including the UN-sponsored truce.

“Kuwait has excellent relations with the parties in the region and the whole world, and has shown its commitment to the Yemeni legitimacy,” he said, adding that officials during the meetings have agreed to revive Arab and Kuwaiti funds that were suspended due to the war, and reviewed a number of files in health, education, services and support for expatriates in Kuwait.

The Kuwaiti officials also pledged to reconsider enhancing support in various cooperation programs, especially at the economic, humanitarian, political, and service levels, including increasing the number of academic scholarships in the security and military fields, and providing the necessary facilities for Yemeni residents and expatriates and their children in Kuwait.



Kuwaiti Emir Affirms Support for Saudi Efforts to Implement Two-State Solution

Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (KUNA)
Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (KUNA)
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Kuwaiti Emir Affirms Support for Saudi Efforts to Implement Two-State Solution

Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (KUNA)
Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (KUNA)

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah stressed on Sunday the need to halt violence in the Gaza Strip, provide international protection for innocent civilians, and secure safe corridors for urgent humanitarian aid.
The Emir reaffirmed full support for the Saudi leadership in the efforts aimed at recognizing the State of Palestine within the framework of the international coalition to implement the two-state solution.
During the opening speech of the 45th Gulf Summit hosted by Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad reiterated his condemnation of the brutal Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian land and the successive genocides against the Palestinian people.
“We urge the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to fulfill its responsibilities by ensuring the implementation of relevant resolutions, halting the violence, providing international protection for innocent civilians, and securing safe corridors for urgent humanitarian aid,” he said.
The Emir then emphasized Kuwait's firm stance in support of the Palestinian people and their cause in establishing an independent state within the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with relevant international resolutions.
Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad also hit out at what he described as the “double standards in the application of relevant international laws, charters and resolutions,” which led to “the spread of the Israeli occupation and the destabilization of the region's security and stability.”
He then referred to Lebanon, Syria and Iran as being “repeatedly attacked by Israeli occupation forces.”
“We reaffirmed full support for all contributions of the GCC countries to the stability of the region, including the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the efforts aimed at recognizing the State of Palestine within the framework of the international coalition to implement the two-state solution, in addition to hosting the joint Arab-Islamic follow-up summit,” the Kuwaiti Emir said.
He also commended Qatar, Egypt, and the US for their mediation efforts in achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and welcomed the ceasefire in Lebanon as a step toward deescalation.
The Emir then reaffirmed his call to Iraq to rectify the legal status of the agreement regulating maritime navigation in Khor Abdullah, resume the meetings of the technical teams associated with it, and return to work in accordance with the 2008 Security Exchange Protocol.
“Additionally, we urge the resumption of meetings of the joint legal technical teams to complete the demarcation of the Kuwaiti-Iraqi maritime borders beyond boundary point number 162 in accordance with international law and UN’s Convention on 1982 Law of the Sea,” the Emir said
At the Gulf level, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad stressed that the 45th Gulf Summit is being held in extremely complex circumstances that requires the member states to accelerate the achievement of economic integration.
“This necessitates accelerating our efforts to achieve GCC economic integration through unified policies, diversification of non-traditional income sources, facilitation of trade and investment, and support for local industries,” he said.
“It is also vital to expand innovation and entrepreneurship, especially in emerging fields such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), to enhance the competitiveness of our economies regionally and globally,” the Emir added.