Kuwait FM chairs meeting of committee charged with citizens’ repatriation

Foreign minister discusses COVID-19 with Tunisian, Jordanian counterparts

KUWAIT: Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah chaired Tuesday a meeting of a committee charged with the implementation of a plan to repatriate Kuwaiti citizens, due to begin on April 19. The committee members discussed completion of measures among relevant state departments to bring back Kuwaiti nationals. The meeting was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah, President of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Sabah, chairman of Kuwait Airways Yusuf Al-Jassem and foreign ministry officials. Sheikh Dr Ahmad had earlier chaired a meeting for the ministry’s emergency committee, in presence of Jarallah and senior ministry officials, to discuss the developments connected with the coronavirus and the upcoming measure to repatriate Kuwaitis abroad.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Dr Ahmad received a phone call from his Tunisian counterpart Noureddine Erray, discussing with him issues connected with bilateral ties. The two officials also touched on the latest developments concerning the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Sheikh Dr Ahmad also received a telephone call from his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Al-Safadi, discussing the close bilateral relations and means of boosting cooperation against spread of the novel coronavirus.

In other news, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah received, Tuesday, the charge d’affairs of the Saudi embassy Dr

Hassan Al-Ansari who handed a written letter from King Salman bin Abdulaziz to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah. In the letter, the Saudi King touched on issues of bilateral relations and recent regional and international developments. The ceremony to hand the letter was attended by Ambassador Ayham Al-Omar, head of the Deputy Foreign Minister’s office.

Separately, Kuwait’s Directorate General for the Civil Aviation announced that two Turkish Airways and Qatar Airways took off from the Kuwait International Airport on Tuesday, heading to Istanbul and Doha carrying expatriates. The two flights are part of the DGCA plan to facilitate travel of expatriates who are willing to leave Kuwait, the directorate said in a press statement. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of a committee charged with the implementation of a plan to repatriate Kuwaiti citizens. — KUNA

Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah chairs a meeting for the ministry’s emergency committee.

KUWAIT: Kuwait National Guard set up a field hospital in Mahboula to start receiving area residents for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) tests. The area has been put under total lockdown along with Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh as part of efforts to curb the spread of the disease. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with the charge d’affairs of the Saudi embassy Dr Hassan Al-Ansari.