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SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2016 SHAWWAL 26, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net In pictures: Philippine In pictures: Ibrahimovic Chinese dance crime war Kuwait kites makes United troupe regales packs soar high debut in front of audience4 decaying13 jails at40 UK fest fellow19 Swedes UN envoy offers Yemen foes Min 30º worksheet for future phase Max 48º High Tide 08:38 & 23: 07 Proposal to extend talks amid concerns over new council Low Tide 02:52 & 16:37 40 PAGES NO: 16948 150 FILS KUWAIT: UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad yesterday met the MPs slam move 145 arrested in Jahra raid delegations of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the General People’s Congress (GPC) as part of the Kuwaiti to cut salaries consultations on peace in Yemen. During the meeting with Ansarullah and the GPC, Ould Cheikh Ahmad dis- of diplomats cussed visions to resolve the crisis in Yemen. There have been expectations that the talks would focus on the By A Saleh movement’s decision on forming a presidential council to take over the reins in Yemen. KUWAIT: MPs yesterday demanded that salaries of Following yesterday’s meetings, the UN envoy said diplomats should not be reduced and called on First he had handed the negotiating teams a worksheet on Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- visions for the coming period with the prior target of Khaled to intervene. MP Ahmad Mutaei rejected any concluding a solution in Yemen. The talks with the decision that will lead to the reduction of diplomats’ Yemeni parties focused on the envoy’s vision for an salaries, as Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh has sug- integrated and comprehensive solution to the crisis in gested. He wondered why Saleh opted for this Yemen, and a proposal for extending the Kuwait talks “strange” decision, while his ministry is not adopting for a short period. Meanwhile, informed sources said any of the solutions given “by me or my colleagues” that the Yemeni parties would each hold closed meet- on reducing the budget deficit. ings to discuss the worksheet and form a stance MP Talal Al-Jalal asked Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled to towards it. coordinate with the finance ministry to reconsider Officials with Yemen’s internationally recognized gov- the decision to reduce salaries and subsidies of diplo- ernment of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told AP mats abroad. He said the roles these missions are they were considering proposals to reconvene the talks, which have failed to bridge the gap with the rebels, in playing are appreciated by all, and the state must Oman. They spoke on condition of anonymity because provide all facilities, particularly financial, so they can they weren’t authorized to brief reporters. “There can be carry out their duties perfectly. He rejected any inten- no more talks after the new coup,” delegation tion to impinge on the rights of diplomats under any KUWAIT: A crackdown by the Interior Ministry continued yesterday in Industrial Jahra, resulting in the spokesman Mohammad Al-Emrani told AFP on Friday. excuse, especially since their salaries are considered Ould Cheikh Ahmad was later expected to meet “humble” compared to those in other GCC countries. arrest of 145 residency violators and wanted persons. 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Continued on Page 13 SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2016 LOCAL Assistant FM holds luncheon for UN envoy KUWAIT: Assistant Foreign Minister for First GCC Affairs Nasser Al-Mezain, Ambassador Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Salem Ghesab AlZamanan, Kuwait’s ambas- Minister’s Bureau Affairs, Ambassador sador to Yemen Fahd Saad Almeie, Assistant Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- Foreign Minister for the Arab World Affairs Sabah, held a luncheon on Friday for the UN Ambassador Aziz Rahim Al-Dihani, Deputy envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed Assistant Foreign Minister for the Foreign and the Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Minister’s Bureau Affairs Ambassador Saleh Mohammed Al Jaber. The formal lunch was Salem Aloghani and a host of the foreign attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for ministry officials. —KUNA Washington intermediate school students performing at the 25th anniversary of the Kuwait-America Foundation (KAF) gala. KUWAIT: Assistant Foreign Minister for First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister’s Bureau Affairs Ambassador Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- Kuwaiti Ambassador lauds US Sabah is pictured with the guests. — KUNA UNSC commends Kuwait’s Campaign to Stop Violence continued support for Iraq WASHINGTON: Kuwait’s Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yes- NEW YORK: UN Security Council welcomed as evidenced by recent activities, and wel- terday extolled the ‘National Campaign to Stop the strong bilateral relations between Iraq comed the adoption of the 2016 Iraqi plan Violence’ in the United States, stressing his and Kuwait and commended the of action with the inclusion of the Kuwaiti country’s support for the campaign that aimed Government of Kuwait’s continued support recommendations, and strongly encour- to promote peace and understanding amongst for Iraq in its efforts to achieve stability. In a aged the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait people. This came in a statement by press statement issued Friday by the to reconvene the Joint Property Ambassador Sheikh Salem after participating in Japanese-led Council, the members of the Committee, every six months, as agreed. a gala marking the 25th anniversary of the Security Council encouraged the two coun- Expressing their strong support for the Kuwait-America Foundation (KAF) and the final tries, as per Security Council resolution perseverance of the members of the tripar- day for the educational and awareness pro- 2107, to collaborate closely through the tri- tite mechanism and its chair, the gram ‘Do The Right Thing’, organized by the partite mechanism on the file of missing International Committee of the Red Cross Washington intermediate school students cam- Kuwaiti persons and third-country nation- (ICRC), in an effort to locate the remains of paign. He hailed the awareness and education- als to achieve further concrete results. the missing Kuwaiti and third-country al program which highlighted the disadvan- The members of the Security Council nationals, the Council supported the tages of the violence, an act in which Kuwait noted the limited progress made on this Secretary General’s opinion that “ascertain- was one of its victims during the Iraqi invasion. issue recently and expressed their regret ing the fate of missing persons and provid- The ‘Do The Right Thing’ program is directed to that no cases of missing Kuwaiti persons ing answers to their grieving families all segments of society and there lies its impor- have been solved and no human remains depend on steadfast commitment, action tance, the Kuwaiti diplomat said, adding that exhumed over the past 11 years, reiterating and the adoption of new and innovative the program would be featured in across 30 their deepest sympathy and condolences ways to push the file forward.” The mem- American cities. Meanwhile, Chairman of KAF to the families of the missing.