Kuwait expresses appreciation of Arab League’s honoring of HH Amir
‘Amir engaged with the world in a wise, balanced way’
CAIRO, May 14, (KUNA): Kuwait has expressed appreciation of the Arab League’s honoring of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
“We are deeply grateful to the Arab League for sponsoring and hosting the honoring of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,” Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the Arab League Ambassador and Representative of His Highness the Amir, Ahmad Al-Bakr, said in his speech at the Arab function to honor His Highness the Amir.
The Arab honoring to His Highness was held Sunday in Cairo under the rubric: “Honoring of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ... Man of Peace ... Humanitarian Leader,” in the presence of Arab, Kuwaiti, regional and international figures.
The event featured a documentary and a seminar on the experience of Kuwait and the Amir in supporting world peace.
This event “aims to shed light on the march of an Arab leader works relentlessly and sincerely to raise the standing of his country and defend Arab and Muslim interests and causes,” Ambassador Al-Bakr said.
He noted that His Highness the Amir “has engaged with the world in a wise and balanced policy that focused on spreading values of dialogue, peace, moderation and humanitarian action until he was deservedly proclaimed a ‘Man of Peace’ and a ‘Humanitarian leader’.” He described Kuwait’s diplomacy as moderate and balanced throughout history.
“This approach had been instilled by His Highness the Amir since he was the foreign minister of Kuwait and the dean of diplomacy in the world,” he said.
He went on to say that His Highness the Amir has based the foreign policy of Kuwait on solid foundations, mainly balanced relations with all parties which paved the way for Kuwait to has an influential role on the world stage, thanks to the wisdom of His Highness and world’s respect of him.
Al-Bakr stressed Kuwait’s keenness on cementing joint Arab action.
Kuwait under His Highness the Amir deeply believed that strengthening Arab unity is the best guarantor of the stability of the Arab region in a turbulent world, he said.
“This belief was translated into an unlimited political and financial support to the Arab League and effective contribution to empowering it to have its aspired standing in the world stage,” he argued.
He boasted that Kuwait stands in support of its Arab brethren and defending their fair Arab in all international and regional fora.
Issues
Kuwait through its non-permanent membership in the Security Council is doing all in power to defend Arab issues, mainly the Palestinian cause as the unrest in Syria, Libya, Yemen and other areas of conflicts and tension, he pointed out.
He added that Kuwait had also been champion of dialogue to iron out Arab differences.
Kuwait beliefs that a transparent and constructive dialogue is the best way to resolve these differences and avoid any undesired escalations, he said.
Ambassador Al-Bakr noted that Kuwait sought to spread the culture of dialogue and peace and creating relations based on mutual respect for sovereignty, non-interference in internal affairs and common interests.
“Kuwait had made several attempts to persuade some Arab neighbors to adopt these principles in their relations with other Arab countries,” he said.
He suggested that humanitarian action under the leadership of His Highness the Amir had become a main character of Kuwait’s foreign policy.
“Kuwait has been trying to guarantee a decent life for those affected by crises,” he said, adding that Kuwait had dealt with many of the Arab crises through this particular angle.
“Through this approach, Kuwait has been able to build an international reputation which resulted in the UN proclamation of His Highness the Amir as Humanitarian Leader and the State of Kuwait as a Humanitarian Center,” he explained.
The ambassador recalled Kuwait’s continuing support to Arab economies and development aspirations “through its development and economic arms, as well as the adoption by His Highness the Amir of the idea of holding a specialized Arab summit to boost economic, developmental and social cooperation among Arab countries.” The Arab Summit in Kuwait in 2009 was the first to focus on social and economic development issues away from political ones, he argued.
Al-Bakr pointed out in 2009 summit, His Highness the Amir launched a special fund with a capital of $2 billion to support small and medium-sized enterprises in Arab countries.
Moreover, His Highness launched another initiative at the Arab-African Summit in Kuwait in 2013 to allocate $1 billion fund for financing development projects in Arab and African countries in addition to a special humanitarian award for Arab youth to promote humanitarian action in the Arab world, he added.
He noted that His Highness the Amir had also encouraged civil society and non-governmental organizations to play a bigger role in the development of Arab societies. His Highness the Amir backed the parliamentary diplomacy and its efforts to serve Arab causes, he said.
His Highness the Amir also embraced an approach to fight extremism through immunizing societies from this scourge by spreading moderation and tolerance, he concluded.