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KUWAIT CITY:
His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulations to Yoshihide Suga on the occasion of his election as Prime Minister of Japan.
He wished him best of luck for Suga and for the bilateral relations to further develop and prosper.
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled AlHamad Al-Sabah sent a similar cable. (KUNA)
KUWAIT CITY: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Wednesday two cables of condolences, one to UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, and the second to Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al-Mualla, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Umm Al-Quwain.
In the cables, His Highness Sheikh Nawaf expressed sincere condolences on behalf of the Kuwaiti leadership over the demise of late Sheikh Ali bin Humaid bin Ahmad Al-Mualla.
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables on the occasion. (KUNA)
KUWAIT CITY: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah conveyed, in a cable Thursday, greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and himself to Governor General of Papua New Guinea Bob Dadae, on his country’s National Day.
He wished him everlasting health, and further progress and prosperity of his country.
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled AlHamad Al-Sabah sent a similar cable. (KUNA)
KUWAIT CITY:
Kuwait is now allowing its foreign workforce to use a digital-based identification system that grants entry to the country for holders of valid residence visas, amid statewide plans to swap paper documents for digital files.
Non-Kuwaitis can access their identity documents through the Kuwait Mobile ID App, which aims to make it easier for people to access public services, the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) said in a statement.
Kuwaits foreign and interior ministries, in addition to its civil aviation regulator, have all been apprised of the new guidelines, according to PACIs Director General Msaad Al-Asousi.
The digital identity system links biometric data to a digital code which allows access to identification and government services anywhere, besides helping users streamline other transactions. (KUNA)
KUWAIT CITY:
Kuwait on Thursday said it would provide $20 million in emergency aid to Yemen, amid its “great concern” over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the wartorn nation.
Given the “extremely alarming” conditions in Yemen, Kuwait remains committed to political dialogue as the only way out of the country’s war of attrition, Foreign Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah told a ministerial-level conference via video link.
Collectively hosted by the foreign ministers of Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden, on the sidelines of the 75th annual UN General Assembly, the talks aimed to push for political progress in Yemen, amid ongoing friction between the country’s warring parties. (KUNA)
KUWAIT CITY:
National Assembly Speaker Marzouq AlGhanim said that the Parliament session will conclude according to the outcomes of the upcoming regular session scheduled on Tuesday.
The Parliament will attempt to hold one or more special sessions if time permits, Al-Ghanim told reporters, indicating that two grillings against His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah are planned on Tuesday.
Furthermore, he said that a session on Wednesday will be dedicated to discussing laws.
The grillings, submitted separately by lawmakers Abdulkarim Al-Kandari and Al-Humaidi Al-Subaiee, have been postponed twice since Sept 1, the second time being after several lawmakers tested positive for COVID-19. (KUNA)
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and British counterpart Dominic Raab affirmed Wednesday that their countries are standing against Iran’s getting of nuclear weapons.
In a joint press conference with Raab, Pompeo said the US rejects, in principle, allowing Iran to get nuclear weapons on Oct 19, the date of ending the sanctions on weapons that were imposed by the UN.
He stressed that Iran is still the biggest country supporting terrorism in the world, and the US doesn’t believe that Iran’s ability to weapons war trade without punishment is not an ‘acceptable matter’. (KUNA)