(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Representative of the Amir of Kuwait His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, voiced Kuwait's deep concerns over the deteriorating situation in Syria.
"Out of Kuwait's respect to the will of people in their nations, it follows with serious concerns the Syrian crisis which entered its second year with more bloodier and violent developments that left thousands of civilian victims either dead, injured, displaced or refugee," Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said in his speech at the Sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement's Summit in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
The Kuwaiti top diplomat welcomed the recent appointment of Algerian veteran politician Lakhdar Brahimi as a UN-Arab envoy to Syria.
"Kuwait wishes Brahimi great success in his mission to meet the freedom, democracy and pluralism aspiration of the Syrian people and protect the unity of its people and its territorial integrity," added.
Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled hailed the remarkable and steadily positive development of bilateral relations between Kuwait and Iraq.
He also spoke highly of the historic supportive stance of the Non-Aligned Movement towards the Palestinian cause, hoping this backing will continue till achieving ever lasting peace based on the UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.(end) ms.mw.ibi KUNA 311607 Aug 12NNNN
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31 August 2012 - 12:36
News ID: 342819
Representative of the Amir of Kuwait His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, voiced Kuwait's deep concerns over the deteriorating situation in Syria.