First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres UN chief commends Kuwait's support to UN operations 23/09/2017 NEW YORK-- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday commended Kuwait's role and contributions for supporting the UN operations. Guterres also thanked Kuwait for the country's vast humanitarian and development assistance around the globe. The UN chief made the remarks during a meeting with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly (UNGA 72) in New York. For his part, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled thanked Guterres for supporting security and stability at the regional and international level. The two top diplomats discussed cooperation between Kuwait and the UN agencies ahead of the Gulf country's non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council for 2018-19. The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled's Office Ambassador Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah and Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi. 
First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah participates in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) ministerial meeting in New York Israel must respect int'l legitimacy to establish Palestine state - Kuwait's FM 23/09/2017 NEW YORK- Kuwait on Friday called on the international community to exercise pressure upon Israel to abide by UN resolutions to pave way for the establishment of the independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Israel should also comply with resolution 2334, which considered the Jewish settlements illegal and abort chances of peace, First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said in a speech before an Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) ministerial meeting in New York. He condemned Israel's recent measures in Al-Aqsa Mosque, the judaization of occupied Jerusalem to change its Arabic identity. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said that Kuwait, out of its keenness to help the Palestinian people would be hosting an international conference about the suffering of the Palestinian children next November. He, meanwhile, called for doubling of efforts to find a peaceful resolution of the Syrian conflict in line with the UN resolution 2254 and the communique of 2012 Geneva I conference. The Syrian crisis, he noted, killed some 470,000 people, forced three million to see refuge in neighboring countries and displaced 6.5 million others. He said there were 13.5 million people in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Kuwait hosted three international donor conferences in 2013, 2014 and 2015, as well as co-chaired two conferences in London and Brussels. Kuwait contributed USD 1.6 billion in the five meetings and the sums were distributed to regional and international organizations. On Iraq, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said Kuwait would be hosting an international donor conference to rebuild Iraqi areas liberated from so-called Islamic State (IS). He said Kuwait also approved a request by the Iraqi government to postpone payment of compensations, for three consecutive years, for damage caused by the 1990-91 Iraqi invasion and occupation. The Kuwaiti move, he added, "was in response to the difficult economic conditions Iraq is experiencing." Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled thanked OIC for organizing a conference in the Saudi city of Makkah to bring all Iraqi parties to the table. On Yemen, the Kuwaiti top diplomat rejected any foreign interference in the country's internal affairs, and reiterated that the solution to the conflict should be based on outcome of national dialogue, the GCC initiative and its implementation mechanism as well as UN resolution 2216. Kuwait, he added, provide USD 100 million to help alleviate suffering of the needy Yemeni people. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled on the other hand condemned the genocide, forced deportation and ethnic cleansing committed by the government forces in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country 'whose only guilt is being Muslims." The international community must exercise pressure on the government of Myanmar to stop these criminal actions, he said, while thanking the government of Bangladesh for hosting the Rohingya refugees. Kuwait also provided USD 1.5 million in aid to help the Rohingya Muslims.
 First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak Kuwait looks forward to cooperating with UN to accomplish SDGs - FM 23/09/2017 NEW YORK-- Kuwait First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said he was looking forward for further cooperation with UN to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015-30, during Kuwait's 2018-19 UNSC memberhip. He made the remarks during a meeting with UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak, who commended Kuwait's contribution to achieving the SDGs. The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled's Office Ambassador Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi and Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations Nasser Al-Hayyen.  First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets the president of the International Committee of Red Cross Peter Maurer Kuwait FM meets ICRC Pres. in New York 23/09/2017 NEW YORK -- Kuwait's First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Friday thanked the International Committee of Red Cross for its role towards Kuwaiti prisoners and missing since 1991. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled made the remarks during a meeting with Peter Maurer, President of ICRC, on sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting. Maurer thanked Kuwait for helping the people affected by conflicts around the world, as well as its contributions to ICRC operations. The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Minister's office Ambassador Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah and Kuwait permanent representative to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi.  First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah holds talks with Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva Kuwait, Bulgarian FMs meet in New York 23/09/2017 NEW YORK-- Kuwaitآ’s First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held talks Friday with Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, on promotion of bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest. The meeting, held on fringes of UN General Assembly meetings, was attended by by Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Ministerآ’s office Ambassador Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah and Kuwait permanent representative to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi.  First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah holds talks with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman Kuwait, Malaysian FMs meet in New York 23/09/2017 NEW YORK-- Kuwaitآ’s First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held talks Friday with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman on development of relations, and international issues of mutual interest. The meeting, held on fringes of UN General Assembly meetings, was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Ministerآ’s office Ambassador Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah and Kuwait permanent representative to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi.  First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah with the members of Kuwait's Mission to the UN Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets Kuwaiti diplomats at UN 23/09/2017 NEW YORK-- Kuwaitآ’s First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Friday urged members of Kuwait Mission to the UN to double efforts during the countryآ’s non-permanent membership in the UNSC in 2018-19. He made the remarks during a meeting with Kuwaiti diplomats working in the mission. He attributed Kuwaitآ’s winning of the UN Security Council seat to the country's "balanced and moderate" policy that Kuwait has been adopting since its independence. |
