Kuwait received from the Iraqi government a shipment of property items that had been seized by the former Iraqi regime, consisting of 738 boxes containing an Amiri sword dating back to the era of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The shipment also included copies of the Holy Quran and Media materials that belong to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information.
The Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab World Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary Nasser al-Qahtani, expressed his appreciation for Iraq's tireless efforts in this regard, stressing the importance of retrieving all Kuwaiti property, mainly the archives of the Amiri Diwan, the Crown Prince's Diwan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Qahtani said, in a statement carried by the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), that Kuwait had received from the Iraqi side a batch of Kuwaiti property that was recently found in Iraq, which the former regime seized during the invasion of Kuwait.
He affirmed that the batch consisted of media materials belonging to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information and Amiri sword dating back to the era of the country's former Emir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and two copies of the Holy Quran.
"I urge the concerned bodies in Iraq to resolve pressing issues and to bring closure to the matter of stolen Kuwaiti properties," he emphasized, saying the issue is of "paramount importance" to the Kuwaiti people.
The Iraqi Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs for Legal Affairs, Qahtan al-Janabi, said in a similar statement that the Iraqi government to should return all Kuwaiti property, adding that Baghdad will spare no effort to resolve this issue.
"We carried 738 boxes containing various books, magazines, microfilms, and items belonging to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information and the Kuwaiti radio," he said.
He stressed the continuation of work to restore relations between Iraq and Kuwait and end all outstanding issues, expressing aspiration for more cooperation and development of bilateral ties.
The commissioned assistant undersecretary Youssef al-Sari said in a similar statement that several state belongings and media items, archives, and manuscripts were delivered to Kuwait, lauding the efforts to sort the contents.
