Amir offers condolences to Egyptian President

KUWAIT:

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah on Friday sent a cable of condolences to Egypt’s President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi over the victims of the armed attack that targeted a security checkpoint in the city of El Badrashin, Giza Governorate, killing five policemen. His Highness the Amir voiced Kuwait’s strong condemnation of such criminal acts that aim at disrupting security and stability in the country. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber AlMubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent two similar cables to the Egyptian President. Meanwhile, an official source at the Foreign Ministry voiced Kuwait’s strong condemnation of the terrorist attack. The source reiterated Kuwait’s support to the “brothers in Egypt” and all the measures Cairo might take to protect the country’s security and stability. The foreign ministry source reaffirmed Kuwait’s initial, and unwavering stance, that rejects violence and all forms of terrorism, and offered condolences to the Egyptian leadership, government and people as well as the victims’ families, praying for everlasting security and stability in the country. —KUNA