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Saudi Arabia, Oman Hold Summit in Neom

King Salman receives Sultan Haitham in Neom.
King Salman receives Sultan Haitham in Neom.
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Saudi Arabia, Oman Hold Summit in Neom

King Salman receives Sultan Haitham in Neom.
King Salman receives Sultan Haitham in Neom.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq in Neom on Sunday.

The Sultan had arrived in the Kingdom on Sunday on a two-day official visit. He was received upon his arrival in Neom by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

King Salman, Sultan Haitham and Crown Prince Mohammed oversaw the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a Saudi-Omani coordination council.

The MoU was signed by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi.

King Salman and Sultan Haitham are scheduled to hold official talks on bilateral relations and ways to bolster them.

The Sultan’s visit, at King Salman’s invitation, underscores the depth of the historic relations between Saudi Arabia and Oman and the keenness of the leadership of the two countries to further strengthen them.

Their summit will tackle all aspects of cooperation that should take their relations to higher levels to meet the aspirations of their people and meet common goals and interests.

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Kuwait Revokes Record Number of 930 Citizenships in One Day

The Supreme Committee to Investigate the Kuwaiti Citizenship has decided to revoke and annul the Kuwaiti citizenship of 930 individuals. (KUNA)
The Supreme Committee to Investigate the Kuwaiti Citizenship has decided to revoke and annul the Kuwaiti citizenship of 930 individuals. (KUNA)
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Kuwait Revokes Record Number of 930 Citizenships in One Day

The Supreme Committee to Investigate the Kuwaiti Citizenship has decided to revoke and annul the Kuwaiti citizenship of 930 individuals. (KUNA)
The Supreme Committee to Investigate the Kuwaiti Citizenship has decided to revoke and annul the Kuwaiti citizenship of 930 individuals. (KUNA)

The Supreme Committee to Investigate the Kuwaiti Citizenship has taken a significant step by revoking and annulling the citizenship of 930 individuals, in preparation for presenting their cases to the Cabinet.
The Ministry of Interior announced that the Committee convened on Thursday and made the decision to revoke the Kuwaiti citizenship of 930 individuals. This action is subject to final approval and will be submitted to the Cabinet for further review.
On October 31, the committee revoked the citizenship of 489 individuals, setting a new record for the largest single nationality revocation, surpassing the previous record set on September 20, when 112 individuals had their citizenship annulled.
No official statistics are available on the total number of nationality revocations since the committee began its work in early March, when Kuwaiti authorities launched a campaign aimed at revoking citizenships for various reasons, primarily related to fraud. By the end of September, unofficial estimates suggested that over 2,000 individuals had lost their citizenship, with some cases still pending formal decrees.
Kuwait’s Interior Minister, Sheikh Fahad Yusuf, emphasized that the nationality revocations are aimed at individuals and their dependents who obtained citizenship without fulfilling the legal requirements, particularly those who never received an official decree. He pointed out that some members of previous governments had bypassed legal procedures by approving citizenship applications without awaiting the formal decree.
In a statement to a local newspaper, Sheikh Fahad Yusuf explained that those whose citizenships were revoked did not contest the committee’s decisions, as they were based on clear evidence and proper documentation. He emphasized that the process of nationality revocation would continue, stating: “We are still at the beginning,” and assured that revocations would proceed only after thorough examination and verification of all cases.