A Shared Destiny

Max 29º Min 15º FREE www.kuwaittimes.net NO: 16111- Friday, March 21, 2014 A shared destiny CAIRO: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (right) with interim Egyptian President Adly Al-Mansour during a meeting with a delegation of Kuwaiti Editors yesterday. — Photo by Majed Al-Sabej Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour expounds on Kuwait-Egypt relations, the forthcoming Arab Summit, the political situation in Egypt, the Palestinian and Syrian crises and other regional issues during a meeting with a Kuwaiti media delegation. SEE PAGES 2 & 3 Local FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014 Kuwait and Egypt: Ties that bind Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour welcomes Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan. By Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan Kerry to come up with a suitable framework will be keen on inviting Arab sister countries rations towards a better future, facing the Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief to resume serious peace negotiations that to activate the Arab anti-terrorism agreement challenges and dangers surrounding us and would lead to a real solution and allow in order to eliminate terrorism and prevent supporting joint Arab frameworks. CAIRO: Interim Egyptian President Adly Palestinians establish an independent state terrorists from having any safe havens and Mansour yesterday met a Kuwaiti media dele- on lands occupied in 1967 with East spiritually or financially support them. Q: In the aftermath of the Jan 25 and June gation comprising of editors-in-chief of Jerusalem as its capital. Finally, I believe working on developing 30 revolutions, what are the most impor- Kuwaiti newspapers, the director of Kuwait It is also obvious that the summit will the mechanism of Arab cooperation must tant issues Egypt will bring to the summit? Journalists Association and KUNA’s editor-in- address the worsening Syrian crisis that has strongly addressed in view of the changes in A: This summit is of significance because chief. caused a disastrous humanitarian crisis. There both regional and international arenas, which the Arab situations need a ‘wakeup call’. is no way out of this crisis except by a political leave us no choice but combine our efforts Crises are increasing in our lands. The Q: What are the most important issues to solution backed by both the international and coordinate our attitudes and policies to Palestinian issue has still not reached a just be discussed at the 25th Arab Summit due community and regional powers. Arabs will defend our joint interests as Arab peoples. solution. The dangerous situation in Syria has to be held in Kuwait on March 25, and do have a major role to play in reaching this solu- been having negative impacts within other you expect the summit will succeed in real- tion and I would like to highlight that none of Q: How do you view the role Kuwait, under Arab societies. Many regional and internation- izing joint work and help clear tensions? the parties will benefit from the ongoing leadership of HH the Amir, Sheikh Sabah al countries care about the situation in Syria A: Since 2000, when the summit is regular- armed conflict that will negatively affect Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, can play in clearing and some of them are calling for intervening. ly held, it has been discussing various issues everybody’s interests in and outside Syria. tensions in Arab relations as well as As Arabs, we have to and can solve our own that affect the interests of Arab peoples from Fighting terrorism will surely be prioritized enhancing Arab consolidation? problems once we decide to join efforts and East to West. I personally believe that certain on this summit’s agenda after our Arab A: We have great confidence in the wis- utilize our potentials. issues will be more dominant in this summit, nations and people started suffering from dom and capability of Sheikh Sabah Al- Egypt carries these concerns to the summit such as the Palestinian issue in view of the blind terrorism that aims at intimidating our Ahmad to use hosting the Arab summit to ful- and will make proposals to revive the active efforts exerted by US Secretary of State John peoples and taking over our countries. Egypt fill the Arab world’s leaders’ and peoples’ aspi- Arab role in protecting the region and achieve Mansour meets the Kuwaiti media delegation. Local FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014 stability, just as Arab peoples expect their leaders to do. Our societies are overburdened with illiteracy and extremism and have been facing hateful terrorism that claims to be Islam-based while we all know that Islam is purely innocent from calling for violence, murder and the destruction our region has unfortunately been lately witnessing on a dai- ly basis. There is also the need to declare the Middle East nuclear and WMD-free, which is a highly important topic in view of the fact that Israel is the only regional state that has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has never subjected its nuclear facilities to IAEA inspection, which calls for special meas- ures since such a situation creates a case of regional strategic imbalance and poses a threat of the spread of such weapons in an area that already has major security problems. All these topics will be discussed at the summit which we hope will effectively con- tribute in adopting Arab policies and moves to solve those issues and face the threats our societies are facing. (From left) Head of Arab Media Forum Madhi Khamees, Kuwait Journalists Association Treasurer Adnan Al-Rashed, Al-Rai Editor-in-Chief Q: In view of the occasional terrorist Majed Al-Ali, Al-Nahar Editor-in-Chief Jawad Bukhamseen, Al-Anbaa Editor-in-Chief Yousef Al-Marzouq, Interim Egyptian President Adly attacks in Egypt and different international Mansour, a presidential aide, KUNA Editor-in-Chief Saad Al-Ali, Deputy Chief of the Kuwaiti mission to Egypt Mohammad Al-Mohammad, attitudes after the deposing of former KUNA’s Egypt Bureau Chief Mona Shishter and Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan pose for a group photo. president Mohamed Morsi, how do you by the international experts’ committee com- upon Geneva Document signed on June 30, Palestinian groups. After the 2007 division, view Egypt’s political, security, economic prising experts from Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt 2012 as a basis of the negotiations. In this Egypt immediately hosted efforts aimed at and touristic future? and international experts assigned to assess regard, Egypt strongly supports the UN envoy ending the division between Fatah and A: Egypt’s future will be determined by its the possible impacts on estuary countries, Lakhdar Brahimi who is spending valuable Hamas to avoid its devastating effects on the own people. Their choices were clear at all which called for conducting comprehensive time, exerting endless efforts and utilizing his whole national Palestinian project. phases including the recent referendum on environmental, water and socio-economic vast experience in handling the Syrian issue. However, we do emphasize that the the amended constitution. The Egyptian peo- studies prior to building the dam. Ethiopia has What is needed now is to reach an agreement Egyptian attitude over relations with various ple will never put off its will because of some been ignoring those recommendations and to end the crisis. The Security Council’s resolu- Palestinian groups stems from the following desperate acts of terrorism that will never insists on carrying on with the dam’s con- tion number 2139 needs to be put into prac- principles: stop life from going on. We fought a similar struction. tice to end the Syrian people sufferings and First: Unity of Palestinian representation war against terror in the 1990s and it was not We hope that Ethiopia will realize how reach suitable solutions. worldwide by PLO as the sole legitimate rep- limited into Egypt. We fought it on behalf of dangerous the situation is and that it is jeop- resentative of the Palestinian people under the whole region. As of international atti- ardizing the interests of a whole people that Q: How do you see the future of the peace the leadership of President Mahmoud Abbas. tudes, there are no differences in recognizing have no other water resource but the Nile. So process between Palestinians and Israel Second: Presenting all needed support to the Egyptian revolution’s legitimacy. Others’ we repeatedly stressed that being neighbors and do you support US efforts in this translate the new legal status Palestinians interest in what is going on in Egypt is and having joint history and interests necessi- regard? gained through the UN’s historic resolution of because of Egypt’s significance and its impact tate that both countries open a frank, trans- A: Since the beginning, Egypt has support- accepting Palestine as a non-member on the entire region. parent and understanding dialogue to con- ed US mediation between both sides on the (observer) state on November 29, 2012. tain the crisis before it gets any worse. basis that the negotiations lead to the estab- Third: The importance of re-subjecting Q: When will you set a date for the presi- lishment of a full-sovereign Palestinian state Gaza Strip and Hamas to the Palestinian legiti- dential and parliamentary elections in Q: How do you view the Iran-US rapproche- on territories within the 1967 borders that macy by ending the Palestinian division and Egypt and what will the interval between ment, especially after the recent agree- include the West Bank, Eastern Jerusalem and reuniting with the West bank. them be? ment Iran reached with the 5+1 group on Gaza. US efforts have succeeded in having Concerning Hamas and its relations with A: We are moving with our roadmap and its nuclear program? both sides take part in a new round of negoti- Egypt, we can say that instead of focusing on the first phase was the Egyptian people’s A: We strongly support peaceful solutions ations that is expected to end by the end of supporting the Palestinian national project approval of the constitution.

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