Amir's Envoy Hands Letter on Boosting Ties to Chinese Leader
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RABI ALTHANI 11, 1440 AH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2018 Max 22º 28 Pages Min 10º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17710 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Mubarak Hospital runs awareness Tattoos still give Japan the Google to spend $1bn on Kohli falls to Lyon as Aussies 519campaign for colorectal cancer needle as Olympics loom 24 new campus in New York 26 close in on overdue victory Amir’s envoy hands letter on boosting ties to Chinese leader Kuwait-China partnership essential for sustainable development KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah’s envoy, First Deputy Prime Minister Govt accepts and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Sabah handed yesterday a written letter from the Amir to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The oil minister’s letter is related to strong bilateral relations and strengthening strategic partnership between both the resignation countries. Earlier yesterday, Sheikh Nasser stressed the importance of boosting the strategic partnership By B Izzak between Kuwait and China in an interview with China-based Phoenix TV, the Kuwaiti Embassy in KUWAIT: MP Khalil China said in a statement. The two countries’ partner- Abul yesterday said ship is like a cornerstone for attaining sustainable lawmakers have been development in the Asian continent and a base for informed that the integrating Kuwait’s “New Kuwait 2030” vision with Cabinet has accepted China’s “Belt and Road” initiative, he noted. the resignation of Oil Enhancing the Kuwaiti-Chinese partnership is Minister Bakheet Al- essential for their mutual interests and joint economic Rasheedi. The minister and commercial cooperation, Sheikh Nasser said, had come under fire adding it will contribute to broadening cooperation from several MPs over Bakheet Al-Rasheedi prospects in other fields. Kuwait and China enjoy a alleged squandering of close and historical friendship, he mentioned, adding public funds by top oil executives. Abul, who with such a relationship has flourished over the years in two other MPs had vowed to grill the minister, said political, economic, investment, commercial and cul- BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng shakes hands with Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the grilling will be filed against Rasheedi’s successor. tural fields. Kuwait was the first Gulf country to Defense Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah at the Great Hall of the People yesterday. — AFP Meanwhile, five MPs yesterday submitted a establish diplomatic ties with China, noted the top motion calling on the National Assembly to urgently Kuwaiti official. vote on two draft laws stipulating scrapping hikes in Sheikh Nasser said his current official visit to ments between the two nations, signed during HH the tion and consultation with Chinese authorities the prices of fuel and electricity. China aims to boost anew the Kuwaiti-Chinese Amir’s July visit to China, are currently in the process regarding the “Belt and Road” initiative and finding Continued on Page 24 strategic partnership in various fields and solidify of implementation, he said. He also stressed the ways to link it with the “New Kuwait 2030” vision. their relationship. All MoUs and cooperation agree- importance of maintaining communication, coordina- Continued on Page 24 News in brief cussed the “situations and crises faced by many Arab Bashir first Arab countries”, the Syrian presidency said. They also stressed the need to build “new principles for inter- No degree, no ‘manager’ title Arab relations based on the respect of the sovereignty leader to visit of countries and non-interference in internal affairs”. KUWAIT: An official source at the manpower authority The Arab League had suspended Syria’s seat in Nov said an administrative circular no. 104/2018 was issued Syria since crisis 2011 in response to the Syrian government’s violent that allows residency renewals for those with the pro- attacks on pro-democracy protests. Although many fession of “manager” but without a university degree, Arab countries have closed their embassies or down- who have been working in this job before Jan 1, 2011 AMMAN: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir arrived graded their ties with Damascus, there have been and the job was recorded in the work permit. The in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the first such growing calls in the Arab world in recent months to source said after this date, there will be no renewals visit by an Arab leader since the start of the Syrian con- normalize ties with Syria and give it back its seat in the without a university degree, adding that the work per- flict, Syrian state media said. President Bashar Al-Assad Arab League. mits of all those working as “managers” before Jan 1, welcomed him at the airport, official photos showed. A Sudanese official late Sunday said that Bashir had 2011 will be renewed automatically. — Al-Anbaa Many Arab countries have shunned Assad since the returned to Khartoum “from an important visit” to the conflict that began early in 2011 after protests calling for Syrian capital. The Sudanese president last visited the his downfall swept Syria. State news agency SANA said Syrian capital in 2008 for the Arab League summit which later the two leaders held talks in the presidential palace was held there that year. Syria’s war has killed more than Indian politician jailed for life about developments in the region and in Syria. 360,000 people and displaced millions since it started in Assad was quoted as saying his country would 2011. The International Criminal Court has issued war- NEW DELHI: A veteran Indian politician was given a life remain committed to its “Arab identity” despite the rants for Bashir’s arrest over genocide, war crimes and DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al-Assad receives his sentence yesterday over anti-Sikh riots in 1984 that conflict in which Syria had accused some Arab coun- crimes against humanity. But the Sudanese leader jetted Sudanese counterpart Omar Al-Bashir upon his arrival at killed nearly 3,000 people following the assassination of tries, led by Saudi Arabia, of fuelling it by arming rebels into Jordan last year to attend an annual Arab League the airport in the Syrian capital on Sunday. —AFP then-premier Indira Gandhi. The Delhi High Court found seeking to overthrow Assad’s rule. The two leaders dis- Sajjan Kumar, 73, guilty of instigating mobs during the summit, and Amman did not arrest him. — Agencies mass killings triggered by the death of Gandhi at the hands of her Sikh bodyguards. At the time Kumar was an MP with the then-ruling Congress party. He was found guilty over a case involving the murder of five members Miss Philippines imposed regime. of a Sikh family in New Delhi. A two-judge bench con- Afghan Taleban The Taleban, seeking to reimpose victed Kumar for criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity strict Islamic law after their 2001 and acting against communal harmony. — AFP wins 2018 Miss overthrow, say the presence of inter- hold meeting national forces in Afghanistan is the Universe crown main obstacle to peace. Even as the with US officials peace process gathers momentum, Facebook blocks Bibi’s son fighting has continued with heavy BANGKOK: Catriona Gray from the casualties on both sides. Khalilzad, an JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Philippines was crowned Miss Universe KABUL: Afghan Taleban representa- Afghan-born former US ambassador eldest son Yair tweeted on Sunday that Facebook yesterday, the fourth time the Southeast tives and US officials met in the to Kabul, was named to oversee blocked his page for 24 hours over anti-Muslim posts. Asian country has won the international United Arab Emirates yesterday, the Washington’s peace efforts earlier this In a message posted Thursday on his Facebook page beauty pageant. Gray, a 24-year-old Taleban said, amid diplomatic moves year but the United States has insisted after deadly attacks, Yair had called for “all Muslims towards establishing the basis for that any final settlement must be led (to) leave” Israel. “Do you know where there are no Filipino-Australian model, won the title talks to end the 17-year war in by Afghans themselves. attacks? In Iceland and in Japan where coincidentally in the Thai capital Bangkok where the pageant included for the first time a Afghanistan. Spokesman Zabihullah Although the Afghan government there are no Muslims,” he wrote. Facebook deleted Mujahid also said representatives Yair’s posts, prompting him to take to Twitter to criti- transgender contestant. “My heart is has not taken part directly in the talks, from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the cize the social networking giant, calling it a “dictator- filled with so much gratitude. There were a team from Kabul met US and Saudi ship of thought”. — AFP moments of doubt where I felt over- UAE would also take part in the talks, officials in the UAE on Sunday to dis- whelmed and I felt the pressure,” said which follow at least two meetings cuss the process, President Ashraf Gray, who wore a red and orange dress between Taleban officials and US spe- Ghani’s national security adviser, that was inspired by Mount Mayon, a cial envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar. Hamdullah Mohib, said. Ghani has He said the meeting, at an undis- Rouhani’s son-in-law resigns volcano that erupted this year. formed a team to negotiate peace Gray was asked during the contest closed location, had begun and could with the Taleban but the movement about her views on legalizing marijuana take some time while senior members once again rebuffed the opening yes- TEHRAN: Iran President Hassan Rouhani’s son-in-law of the Taleban in Afghanistan said the and replied that she supported it for BANGKOK: Catriona Gray of the Philippines terday, saying that some media resigned yesterday just two days after his appointment talks would continue for three days.