LOCA LTUESDAY, JULY 4, 2017

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir SheikhSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receivedyesterday at Bayan Palace Qatar’s ForeignMinister Sheik h Mohammad BinAbdulrahman Al-Thani who handed HisHighness a letter from Qatari Amir SheikhTamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. His Highness theCrown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the PrimeMinister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-HamadAl-Sabah attended the meeting.

The message includes Qatar’s response toa list of demands from Saudi Arabia, the UAE,Bahrain and Egypt, handed over to Doha

through Kuwait late last month. Kuwait hadrequested extending by 48 hours Sunday’sdeadline for Doha to submit the response.

The meeting was also attended by FirstDeputy Pr ime Minister and Minister ofForeign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of AmiriDiwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah,Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs SheikhMohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah who doubles as Acting Minister ofInformation, and Director of His Highnessthe Amir’s Office Ahmad Fahad Al-Fahad.

In other news, His Highness the Amir yes-

terday received a phone call from PakistaniPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif. During thephone conversation, they discussed relationsbetween both friendly countries, issues ofmutual interest and the latest regional devel-opments. The Pakistani premier wished HisHighness the Amir wellbeing and the Stateof Kuwait more progress and prosperityunder the wise leadership of His Highnessthe Amir. His Highness the Amir thanked thePak istani premier for this contact thatref lects the deep and close relationsbetween both friendly countries, wishinghim good health and Pakistan more progress

and prosperity.Separately, His Highness the Amir sent a

cable of condolences to Lebanese PresidentMichel Aoun expressing his sorrow over a firethat swept through a refugee camp forSyrian refugees in eastern Lebanon earlier inthe day, killing one person and injured manyothers. In the cable, His Highness the Amiralso wished a speedy recovery to all thoseinjured in the blaze. His Highness the CrownPrince and His Highness the Prime Ministersent similar cables to the Lebanese leader-ship, expressing similar sentiments over thetragedy.

Earlier, Lebanon’s official National NewsAgency (NNA) reported seven people suf-fered from smoke inhalation from the blazeat the Al-Raed camp located near BekkaValley. They were taken for treatment at localhospitals and were discharged later.

Firefighters and civil defense workers bat-tled and put out the blaze. The fire destroyedalmost all tents of the camp home to 560refugees, according to the report by NNA.Lebanon is home to more than 1.2 millionSyrian refugees who mainly live in severalinformal camps across eastern Lebanon,according to UN estimates.—KUNA

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and top Kuwaiti officials meet with Qatari Foreign Minister SheikhMohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah welcomes Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani upon his arrival to Kuwait yesterday.

Amir receives Qatari Foreign Minister

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahreceived yesterday at Bayan Chief of National Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer AliAl-Sabah. — KUNA

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, with the presence of Minister of Education and Minister ofHigher Education Dr Mohammed Abdul Latif Al-Faris, received yesterday at Bayan Palace several professors of history at Faculty of Arts at KuwaitUniversity (KU). During the meeting, they presented His Highness the Prime Minister with a study on the history of the State of Kuwait, including his-toric sites. The meeting was attended by His Highness the Prime Minister’s Diwan Chief Sheikha Itimad Khalid Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. —KUNA

Serbian President receivesletter from Amir

ROME: Minister of Awqaf, IslamicAffairs and Municipal AffairsMohammad Al-Jabri is leading theKuwaiti delegation to the 40th Sessionof the Food and AgriculturalOrganization (FAO) Conference, Rome.The conference that started yesterdayfocuses on the international strategyand efforts for sustainable develop-ment, as well as eradication of hunger.The delegation includes Kuwait ’sAmbassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled, Director General and Chairmanof the Public Authority for AgricultureAffairs and Fish Resources (PAAFR)Engineer Faisal Al-Hasawi, and theKuwaiti Permanent Delegate to FAO,Engineer Yousef Jehail. Minister Jabriwill address the session.

The minister will take part today inan international ministerial conferenceon the rarity of water in the Near Eastand North African Region, to reviewKuwait’s efforts to counter the colossalchallenge. Kuwait’s participation in theFAO conference is part of the country’sactive role and contribution to drawingup the field and regional policies toenhance food security on the nationaland international scenes.

On the sidelines of the opening ses-sion today, Jabri and Pakistan’s Ministerof National Food Security and ResearchSikandar Hayat discussed bilateral rela-tions and cooperation. The two sidesstressed the significance of exchangingexpertise, as well as boosting coordina-tion on the international scene. — KUNA

Members of the Kuwaiti delegation participating in the conference.— KUNA photos

Jabri leads Kuwait’s delegation to FAO conference

ROME: Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri and Kuwait’s Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaledattend the FAO Conference.

Members of the Kuwaiti delegation pose with FAO officials.

BELGRADE: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and Serbian Ministerof Culture Vladan Vukosavljevic sign a memorandum of understanding between thetwo countries. — KUNA

Germany backs Kuwait inattempt to quell Gulf row

BERLIN: Germany supports His Highnessthe Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s efforts as themain mediator in the Gulf crisis, ForeignMinister Sigmar Gabriel said yesterday.Speaking via telephone with his Bahrainicounterpart Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad pri-or to embarking on a tour of the Gulfregion, which wil l take him to Saudi

Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, Gabrielsaid that his countr y f irmly suppor tsKuwait as it seeks to resolve a Gulf row.The German Foreign Minister’s visit to theGulf will precede a meeting of the ForeignMinisters of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrainand Egypt due tomorrow in Cairo, todecide the next course of action to put anend to the Gulf crisis.— KUNA

BELGRADE: Serbian PresidentAleksandar Vucic met yesterday withKuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister KhaledAl-Jarallah, who handed Vucic a letterfrom His Highness the Amir SheikhSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.Jarallah departed Kuwait on Sunday forBelgrade, with an accompanying dele-gation comprising Kuwait’s AssistantForeign Minister for European AffairsAmbassador Waleed Al-Khubaizi andAssistant Foreign Minister for theDeputy Foreign Minister’s Office AffairsAmbassador Ayham Al-Omar.

Meanwhile, Serbian Foreign MinisterIvica Dacic heaped praise on Kuwait forits role as the main mediator in the Gulfcrisis, aiming to defuse tensionsbetween the Gulf neighbors. Jarallahheld talks with the Serbian official, reada statement by the Kuwaiti Foreign

Ministry. Dacic said that his country wasproud of its ties with Kuwait, which dateback to 55 years ago and are on coursefor progress, the statement noted.Jarallah also held talks with the StateSecretary of the Serbian Ministry ofForeign Affairs Nemanja Stevanovic. Themeeting tackled bilateral t ies andreflected a mutual desire to propel rela-tions between both nations to new lev-els, read a statement by the KuwaitiForeign Ministr y. In the meantime,Kuwait and Serbia signed memoran-dums of understanding (MoUs) for bilat-eral cooperation in the oil, energy andcultural sectors. Jarallah signed thedeals on the Kuwaiti side, while theSerbian signatories were Minister ofEnergy and Mining Aleksandar Anticand Minister of Culture VladanVukosavljevic. —KUNA