Cabinet holds weekly meeting
KUWAIT: The cabinet held its customary weekly meeting at Bayan Palace yesterday under chairmanship of Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Emerging from the meeting, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Electricity and Water Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said in press statements that the cabinet had been apprised of a decree on His Highness the Amir’s acceptance of Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity and Water Ahmad Al-Jassar’s resignation. The cabinet voiced thanks and appreciation to the minister’s achievements and sincere efforts during his career.
It was also informed of a decree appointing Anas Al-Saleh as Acting Minister of Oil, along with his current post as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Ali Al-Omair as Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah as Acting Minister of Electricity and Water, along with his current post as Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs.
The ministers were then notified of a letter sent to His Highness the Amir from Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, appreciating His Highness the Amir and the State of Kuwait for seeking to develop bilateral relations. They were also apprised of the outcomes of the recent visit by Nicaragua’s vice-president Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo to Kuwait, focusing on ways of developing and bolstering bilateral relations between both friendly nations, the latest regional and international developments and several issues of mutual interest.
GCC ministers
The Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister briefed the meeting on the outcomes of the recent meeting of the GCC interior ministers in Qatar, which mainly explored security situations and challenges in the GCC member states.
Afterwards, the cabinet approved draft decrees bearing on a memo of understanding (MoU) for insurance cooperation between Kuwait and Jordan, a MoU on cooperation between Kuwait and UAE in the field of air services, a MoU on cooperation between Kuwait and Korea in land transport and a MoU on cooperation between Kuwait and Japan in the areas of electricity and water.
It also approved a draft law providing military insurance to GCC citizens working in any GCC member state, thus giving Gulf military personnel pensions or retirement benefits. Discussing the overall Arab and international situation, the cabinet congratulated UAE leaders on the 44th anniversary of their country’s National Day, wishing it everlasting security, stability, progress and welfare.