Day: 3 October 2024

Kuwait Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya took part late Wednesday in the 45th meeting of the GCC Foreign Minister Council held in Doha, Qatar.

The meeting explored ways to boost cooperation amongst GCC countries and also discussed the alarming developments in the Middle East.

The officials focused on possible measures to divert war from the region to protect innocent lives and safeguard regional security.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said Thursday that his country is set to have dialogue with Kuwait soon to look into outstanding issues, voicing his country’s genuine willingness to reach understandings thereof.

Hussein made the remark while meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Easter Affairs Barbara Leaf in Washington, focusing on bilateral relations and joint cooperation, along with several regional matters, said the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in a press release.

During the meeting, both sides touched upon ways of settling unresolved issues with the State of Kuwait and the necessity of returning to the negotiating table, it said.

The Iraqi minister added that the recent meetings of both Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegations during the UN General Assembly in New York had underlined the significance of dialogue as “the right way to resolve problems”.

For her part, the US official vowed that Washington would utterly back the Iraqi government’s endeavors to contain crises, according to the release.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, discussing Middle East and world developments.

The meeting came on the sideline of the Third Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit, which is held in the Qatari capital.

The summit is held under the theme “Sports Diplomacy”.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell condemned on Thursday the “violation of international humanitarian law” by the Israeli occupation forces. Borrell said in a tweet on his official account on the social media platform (X) that the Israeli occupation army forces targeted once again health care workers overnight night in central Beirut.

“Not only civilians are victims of attacks, including in densely populated areas, but they are deprived of emergency care,” added Borrell.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the killing of six people and the wounding of seven others as a result of an Israeli AIR raid that targeted a rescue facility in central Beirut.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.

The announcement, made in a joint statement by the British and Mauritian Prime Ministers on Thursday, ends decades of often fractious negotiations between the two countries over the islands, the UK Foreign Office said in a press release.

The deal, reached after two years of negotiations, will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move.

This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US government as a military base for its navy ships and long-range bomber aircraft.which plays a crucial role in regional stability and international security, it said.

The base will be undisputed and legally secure, following a political agreement between the UK and Mauritius, it added.

The US-UK base will remain on Diego Garcia a key factor enabling the deal to go forward at a time of growing geopolitical rivalries in the re
gion between Western countries, India, and China, according to the release.

US President Biden said: “It is a clear demonstration that through diplomacy and partnership, countries can overcome long-standing historical challenges to reach peaceful and mutually beneficial outcomes.” Commenting on the deal, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: “TodayÂ’s agreement secures this vital military base for the future. It will strengthen our role in safeguarding global security, shut down any possibility of the Indian Ocean being used as a dangerous illegal migration route to the UK, as well as guaranteeing our long-term relationship with Mauritius, a close Commonwealth partner.” Diego Garcia has also seen a small number of vulnerable migrants arrive since 2021, subsequently launching asylum claims. The agreement will shut down any possibility of the Indian Ocean being used as a dangerous illegal migration route to the UK, with Mauritius taking responsibility for any future arrivals.

In recent years, the UK has face
d demands, with various United Nations bodies, including its top court and general assembly, overwhelmingly siding with Mauritius to surrender what some have called its “last colony in Africa”.

The government of Mauritius has long argued that it was illegally forced to give the Chagos Islands away in return for its own independence from the UK in 1968.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Alnahyan on Thursday arrived in Cairo on a task visit during which he would hold talks with Egyptian counterpart Abdelfattah Al-Sisi on boosting relations and topics of common concern.

The Egyptian Presidency said in a statement that President Al-Sisi received the UAE President at Cairo International Airport, adding that Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed would attend inauguration of the Military Academy at the adminstrative capital.

The official statement added that the two leaders would oversee graduation of a new batch of cadets from the Egyptian military academies.

Sheikh Mohammad’s visit coincides with unprecedented tension and violence in the Middle East, marked with particular tension between Iran and the Israeli occupation, in addition to the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said on Thursday that China and Russia seek to boost bilateral ties on all levels.

This came in a press release published on the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website on the 75th anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Wang said that bilateral relations have gone through many ups and downs to reach the maturity, stability and flexibility they are today, and are characterized by comprehensive strategic coordination and mutually beneficial cooperation, as well as permanent good neighborliness, adding that Chinese-Russian relations are going through their best period in history.

“No matter how the international situation changes, the essence of Sino-Russian relations of non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third parties will not change, and their adherence to the principles of mutual respect, equal treatment and win-win cooperation will not change either,” Wang noted.

He added that educational cooperation between the t
wo sides is constantly increasing, as more than 200 Russian universities teach the Chinese language, and the number of their Russian students has reached 90,000. In contrast, there are more than 40,000 Chinese students in Russia.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

The permanent Delegates of the Council of the Arab League States expressed on Thursday its strong condemnation of the Israeli Occupation’s aggression on Lebanon and stressed the need to stop the hostilities.

This came about in a resolution issued by the Council of the Arab League States at its extraordinary session under Yemen’s leadership, titled Solidarity with Lebanon.

The Council stressed full cooperation with Lebanon, amidst the occupation’s war crimes, violations of the international law and the humanitarian laws.

The Council pointed out that the Israeli occupation is fully responsible for this aggression and should be held accountable, as well as calling all Arab nations to support Lebanon in any way possible.

Source: Kuwait News Agency