HH PM eyes peaceful end to crisis
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received on Thursday the visiting Yemeni Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak and his accompanying delegation at Seif Palace.
Minister of Health and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh
Bassel Humoud Hamad Al-Sabah attended the meeting.
His Highness the Prime Minister assured his guest about the State of Kuwait support for all efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive political solution to the Yemeni crisis.
He also affirmed Kuwait’s applause of the Saudi initiative for reaching the aspired political solution and ending humanitarian plight of the brotherly Yemeni people.
Ambassador Fahad Ahmad AlAwadhi, the Assistant Foreign Minister for the Arab World Affairs, was also present in the meeting. (KUNA)
Decision
Meanwhile, Dr. Nasser Al-Otaibi, Treasurer of the National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) - Egypt, says the Cabinet’s recent decision regarding the commitment of airlines to board only 35 passengers obstructs the movement of Kuwaiti students in the Arab Republic of Egypt, especially since there is no direct flight to return to Kuwait, reports Aljarida daily.
In a press statement, Dr. Al-Otaibi indicated that there are many students who wish to return to Kuwait, but the Cabinet’s recent decisions have brought about an unknown fate for them.
He said he wished the Cabinet would reconsider the decision and open a direct line between Egypt and Kuwait, because the least transit time for the students during their return to Kuwait is three hours.
Dr. Al-Otaibi explained that the decision to restrict the number of passengers in each flight to 35 has raised the price of flight tickets to up to KD 300 for a single ticket. The matter did not stop there, as the students are obliged to download the “Kuwait Traveler” (Mosafer) app, through which each student has to pay fees of KD 60 for boarding the plane in addition to the price of the flight ticket. This doubles the financial burdens of students along with their academic obligations.
He wished the political leadership would pay attention to the students’ benefit, appealing to the Cabinet to exclude students from this decision, and to allow them to return on a large scale without restrictions.