Resumption of Direct Flights with Six Nations 'Within Days'
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MUHARRAM 18, 1443 AH THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 16 Pages Max 50º Min 31º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18516 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait mulls new work 20 years after Twin Towers Rolling Stones drummer Records tumble on day 4 hours: 9.30am to 5pm 5 fell, US comes full circle 11 Charlie Watts dies aged 80 14 one of Tokyo Paralympics Resumption of direct flights with six nations ‘within days’ Cabinet discusses several economic projects KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah chairs a Cabinet meeting yesterday. (Right) HH the Premier speaks with officials during a tour of the proposed investment sites along the Jaber Causeway yesterday. —KUNA photos By B Izzak statement however did not carry any date. vaccinated so far. Later, the Authority denied that the resumption Kuwait hits 70% His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah KUWAIT: A top official at the Kuwait Civil was immediate and insisted they had no certain date Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah launched the vaccina- Aviation Authority said yesterday that a plan to yet. Hashemi however later said the date will be vaccination tion campaign with a Pfizer-BioNTech shot and implement the resumption of direct commercial announced within days. The six nations together had recently announced success of the campaign, flights with India, Egypt and four other nations will have some 70 percent of the 3.3 million expat pop- paving the way for full return of employees to be announced “within a few days”. ulation in Kuwait which means that the resumption milestone workplace in person. Head of Operations at Civil Aviation Mansour Al- could lead to an influx of expats into the country. “We are on the right track to achieve herd Hashemi told Kuwait TV yesterday in a brief state- In preparation for their return, the Civil Aviation KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Health Minister Sheikh Dr immunity,” Ministry of Health spokesman Dr ment that the plan will include operations of all air- had asked the Cabinet to raise the number of daily Bassel Al-Sabah’s announcement that 70 percent Abdullah Al-Sanad said and expressed gratitude to lines to implement a decision by the council of min- arrivals at Kuwait Airport which currently stands at of population have been vaccinated has given rise healthcare workers for their fight against the virus. isters earlier this week. 7,500 passengers. to optimism nationwide that herd immunity was He also commended citizens and residents for reg- The Cabinet has announced that direct commer- In the meantime, the Council of Ministers yester- within reach. The announcement came after istering to get the vaccine jabs. Dr Khaled Al- cial flights will be resumed with India, Egypt, day discussed a number of economic projects that almost two years of strict measures triggered by Saeed, member of COVID-19 vaccine committee, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal but it did had been in the pipeline for several years and asked the coronavirus pandemic, including lockdowns said the inoculation helped achieve herd immunity not fix a definitive date for the resumption which the concerned ministries and authorities to speed and partial curfews. which would eventually ease strain on health sys- comes after months of suspension due to the coron- up execution. Kuwait was fully mobilized to control spread of tem in case of future waves of the pandemic. avirus pandemic. The projects include the establishment of a new the virus and began vaccination campaign eight The vaccination drive, he added, contributed to The Civil Aviation on Tuesday issued a statement international fairs ground project in Subbiya, three months ago with the ultimate aim of reaching herd a significant drop in the number of mortalities and announcing the resumption of the flights giving the economic zones starting with Abdali economic zone immunity. More than 2.6 million people have been Continued on Page 2 impression that the resumption was immediate. The and renewable energy projects. In 2016 he was believed to “Imperiale chose to live in an Dubai confirms have fled to the Gulf emirate. isolated home with an over- A statement yesterday said looking spot to monitor those Dubai police had arrested who approach him,” the arrest of Italian Imperiale. “It also arrested statement cited Jamal Salem Imperiale’s right-hand man Al Jallaf, director of the drug lord Raffaele Mauriello, who is Criminal Investigation responsible for plotting and Department, as saying. DUBAI: Dubai authorities yesterday con- executing murders and assas- “He intentionally had firmed they have arrested one of Italy’s sinations using unlicensed avoided registering a precise most wanted international drug barons and firearms,” the statement address to mislead authori- his right-hand man, after years on the run. added. Dubai police said Raffaele Imperiale ties.” Police in Naples had Raffaele Imperiale, considered to be one Imperiale had been living said Imperiale was arrested of Italy’s most dangerous fugitives, was a under a false identity in the on August 4 in Dubai in coor- top operative from the Naples organized name of Antonio Rocco, and had used dination with Interpol and Europol. crime world. multiple cars to conceal his movements. Continued on Page 2 ALGIERS: An Algerian man holds yesterday’s newspaper in the capital Algiers yesterday. —AFP Afghans race to flee in the disputed region of Western life under Taleban Sahara a particular bone of contention Algeria severs KABUL: Afghans yesterday faced an increasingly for Morocco. desperate race to escape life under the Taleban diplomatic ties “Algeria has decided to cut diplo- after President Joe Biden confirmed US-led evacua- matic relations with the Kingdom of tions will end next week. More than 80,000 people Morocco from today,” Lamamra have been evacuated since August 14, but huge with Morocco announced during a press conference. crowds remain outside Kabul airport hoping to flee “History has shown... Morocco has the threat of reprisals and repression in Taleban- ALGIERS: Algeria’s Foreign Minister never stopped carrying out hostile ruled Afghanistan. Ramtane Lamamra said Tuesday that actions against Algeria,” he added. Biden said Tuesday the United States would stick his country has severed diplomatic In a statement later Tuesday, to his August 31 deadline to completely withdraw its relations with Morocco due to “hos- Morocco’s foreign ministry said Algiers’ troops despite warnings from European allies that tile actions”, following months of move was “completely unjustified” but not all vulnerable Afghans would be able to leave by resurgent tensions between the North “expected given the logic of escalation then. “The sooner we can finish, the better... each RAMSTEIN, Germany: In this handout image courtesy of the US Air Force, African rivals. The countries have long seen in recent weeks”. Rabat added day of operations brings added risk to our troops. shows evacuees boarding an Atlas Air aircraft for a departure flight from accused one another of backing that the decision to cut ties was based We are currently on the pace to finish by August Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on their way to the United States as part of opposition movements as proxies, on “false, even absurd pretexts”. 31.” Biden said Tuesday. Operations Allies Refuge, Tuesday. — AFP with Algeria’s support for separatists Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 2 Established 1961 Local Thursday, August 26, 2021 Kuwait’s Amir receives Crown Prince, Prime Minister His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sabah reads a letter from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad meets His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Al-Saud, delivered by Saudi Ambassador to Kuwait Prince Sultan bin Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Hamad Al-Sabah. Saad Al-Saud. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Prince received yesterday a letter from Saudi Ambassador to Kuwait Prince Sultan bin Saad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, His Highness Sheikh Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud Al-Saud handed the letter to His Highness the Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Mishal received His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al- focusing on bilateral relations and the Saudi Crown Prince during a reception. Senior offi- Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Khaled at Bayan Palace yesterday as well. green Middle East initiative to be launched on cials at the Crown Prince Diwan attended the Highness the Amir also received His Highness the In the meantime, His Highness the Crown October 25, 2021 from Riyadh. Saudi meeting. — KUNA means by which they can reach an economic Sheikh Mubarak recovery from the consequences of the COVID- 19 pandemic. The Korean ambassador receives new expressed his keen interest in the Kuwaiti cul- tural affairs, particularly the productions of Kuwaiti pioneers in literature and poetry led by Korean ambassador veteran Arab poet Dr Suad Al-Sabah, whose lit- KUWAIT: Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al- erary creations have been featured in cultural Mubarak Al-Sabah received at the White Palace and scientific institutions in Korea. yesterday the Ambassador of the Republic of Meanwhile, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah Korea to Kuwait Chung Byung-ha, who recently wished the Korean ambassador success in his presented his credentials. The meeting was cor- new job, expressing his admiration for the suc- dial, during which many common cultural, social cess of the Korean model, which excelled glob- and economic issues between the two countries ally in several fields, foremost of which is the were discussed.