Kuwait Welcomes IRAN's Readiness for Dialogue
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SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 JAMADA ALAWWAL 12, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait welcomes Iran’s Min 08º Max 25º readiness for dialogue High Tide 11:42 & 22:12 Jarallah hails Iraqi statements, warns against interference in Yemen Low Tide 05:08 & 16:42 40 PAGES NO: 17136 150 FILS KUWAIT: Kuwait has welcomed Iran’s willingness for dialogue with its Gulf Arab neighbors, saying any talks MPs demand Khor Amir fetes Quran contest winners are likely to help resolve civil wars in Syria and Yemen. Iran and US ally Saudi Arabia, which dominates the Gulf Abdullah debate Cooperation Council (GCC), back opposite sides in Syria By B Izzak and Yemen. US President Donald Trump has added extra strain by ratcheting up pressure on Iran over its KUWAIT: A number of MPs have submitted a motion missile program. calling to hold a two-hour closed debate over the Saudi Arabia and other members of the GCC accuse Khor Abdullah waterway between Iraq and Kuwait Iran of using sectarianism to interfere in Arab countries during next Tuesday’s regular Assembly session, MP and expand its sphere of influence in the Middle East. Faisal Al-Kandari said. The lawmaker said MPs want Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah, to hear briefings from the ministries of foreign responding to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad affairs, defense and interior over the waterway, Zarif’s comments that his country was ready for dialogue which has been a subject of controversy raised by with the GCC, said: “It’s what we’re looking for”. various Iraqi political and militant groups. Such a dialogue would “contribute effectively to con- Khor Abdullah is shared by Kuwait and Iraq and tainment of many areas of tension in the region, whether runs opposite the Kuwaiti islands of Warba and in Yemen or in Syria or anywhere else in our region,” KUNA Bubiyan where Kuwait is building one of the largest quoted Jarallah as saying at a national day reception at container harbors in the region, the Mubarak Al- the Iranian Embassy. Referring to a letter sent in January Kabeer Port. Kuwaiti and Iraqi land and maritime to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani by HH the Amir Sheikh borders had been demarcated by a UN Security Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on the “basis for dialogue” Council resolution issued in 1993. In 2012, the two between the six-member GCC and Iran, Zarif said Tehran countries signed an agreement on the way to share hoped the message would show that Gulf states were the use of the narrow waterway and began imple- willing “to resolve the issues”. “In that case, Iran is also menting the agreement recently. ready. We should all look forward and agree that we However, the implementation has been faced should aim together for a future that looks different,” Iran’s with opposition from a number of Iraqi MPs, Ettelaat newspaper quoted Zarif as saying on Tuesday. Shiite politicians and militant groups who claim Jarallah also said Kuwait welcomes statements of Iraqi that Kuwait has taken over some Iraqi territorial government officials aimed at dismissing false claims over waters under the demarcation treaty and the the Khor Abdullah water inlet between Kuwait and Iraq. “We welcome the statements that aim at calming the situ- 2012 agreement. KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends a ceremony to honor winners of Continued on Page 13 ation down, and we care less about other statements that Kuwait’s 20th Grand Quran Memorization Contest at Bayan Palace yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 3) Continued on Page 13 Trump slams ‘so political’ courts WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump tions raised about the ban in a high-stakes slammed the courts yesterday as “so politi- hearing Tuesday by three federal appeals US could ask visa cal” as a panel of appellate judges judges, saying what he heard was “dis- weighed whether to reinstate an executive graceful, just disgraceful”. “I don’t ever applicants for social order barring US entry to refugees and want to call a court biased, so I won’t call it media passwords nationals from seven mainly Muslim coun- biased and we haven’t had a decision yet. tries. The travel ban, which plunged air- But courts seem to be so political,” he said. WASHINGTON: US embassies could ask visa appli- ports around the country into chaos after The ban was suspended nationwide on cants for passwords to their own social media it was announced without warning Jan 27, Friday by a federal judge in Seattle, after accounts in future background checks, Homeland has embroiled Trump in a willful test of two US states asked it to be overturned on Security Secretary John Kelly said Tuesday. Kelly said strength with the US judiciary less than grounds of religious discrimination and the move could come as part of the effort to toughen three weeks into his presidency. that it had caused “irreparable injury”. vetting of visitors to screen out people who could Speaking to police chiefs and sheriffs, Taking up the case, the federal court of PARIS: This picture taken on Feb 1, 2017 shows a journalist reading an issue of pose a security threat. He said it was one of the things Trump expressed “amazement” over ques- Continued on Page 13 French satirical newspaper “Le Canard Enchaine”. — AFP under consideration especially for visitors from seven Muslim majority countries with very weak back- ground screening of their own - Iran, Iraq, Libya, 100-year-old weekly Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. “We’re looking at some enhanced or some addi- tional screening,” Kelly told a hearing of the House keeps France on toes Homeland Security Committee. “We may want to get on their social media, with passwords,” he said. “It’s PARIS: With its old-school layout, The edition detailing the money paid to very hard to truly vet these people in these countries, unwieldy pages and heavy doses of slap- Fillon’s wife, dubbed “Penelopegate”, the seven countries... But if they come in, we want to stick humor, France’s Canard Enchaine quickly sold out an estimated 500,000 say, what websites do they visit, and give us your weekly may have seemed especially vul- copies. But Le Canard Enchaine refuses to passwords. So we can see what they do on the nerable as the Internet upended the post its reports on its website. It accepts Internet. If they don’t want to cooperate, then they newspaper business. But as its “fake job” no advertising. Its journalists are its only don’t come in” to the United States, he said. claims against presidential hopeful shareholders, and its finances are among Kelly stressed that no decision had been made on Francois Fillon show, “The Shackled the healthiest in the French media land- this, but said tighter screening was definitely in the Duck”, which last July celebrated 100 scape. And every Tuesday night, politi- future, even if it means longer delays for awarding US years in print, has hardly lost its bite. cians send couriers to the paper’s Paris visas to visitors. “These are the things we are thinking Although circulation has fallen to offices ahead of Wednesday’s public dis- about,” he said. “But over there we can ask them for about 400,000 copies in 2015 from tribution, hoping they won’t be the sub- this kind of information and if they truly want to WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump speaks at the Major Cities Chiefs 500,000 in 2010, its sales have spiked in ject of its skewering reports. come to America, then they will cooperate. — AFP tandem with its most explosive claims: Continued on Page 13 Association and Major County Sheriffs Association Winter Meeting yesterday. — AFP French envoy Pig bristles India to Jones scores decorates rights in brush with remove limits in OT to lift activist with Malaysian on cash Blue Jackets top accolade2 halal law7 withdrawals21 over20 Red Wings THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 LOCAL KUWAIT: French Ambassador Christian Nakhla decorates Dr Al-Anoud Al-Sharekh French Ambassador Christian Nakhla delivers a speech during the ceremony. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat with the French National Order of Merit. French Embassy celebrates Sharekh’s top accolade First Kuwaiti to be adorned with ‘French National Order of Merit’ By Faten Omar with Sharekh, adding that the medal represents all human Kuwait Times: Congratulations on being awarded the rights defenders. “We chose to show the movie ‘Wadjda’. It is French National Order of Merit. This is an amazing honor. KUWAIT: The French Embassy decorated Dr Al-Anoud Al- the story of a girl determined to fight for her dreams to ride a Can you tell our readers what it was awarded for? Sharekh with the French National Order of Merit for her bicycle in Saudi Arabia. And this movie reminds us of you in Al-Anoud Al-Sharekh: I was awarded it for my work human rights work yesterday at French Ambassador your fight for equality,” he added. defending women’s rights in the region. I have been involved Christian Nakhla’s residence. Nakhla praised Sharekh’s efforts Sharekh thanked the French Embassy for selecting her to in this field as an activist and academic for the past 18 years. I in fighting for women’s rights and being committed to it. be honored as a qualified person in the human rights field in have been recognized by the French government for my con- “Today we honor the activist Al-Anoud by Kuwait, Europe and the United States. “I tribution because my work embodies many of the values a presidential decree for her efforts in have been in this field for 18 years, and I’m that they hold dear.