FREE Established 1961 Friday ISSUE NO: 18037 JUMADA ALAWWAL 22, 1441 AH FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020 How to get married by Qatar eases restrictions Peterhansel sneaks 11th 6 a ‘malaach’ in Kuwait 10 on migrant workers’ exit 45 stage win in Dakar rally SEE PAGES 4 & 5 — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat 2 Friday Local Friday, January 17, 2020 Kuwait and Oman GCC heritage show reflects historical depth: NCCAL chief Local Spotlight By Muna Al-Fuzai [email protected] n the past few days, and after the announcement of Ithe death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, the world expressed condolences and regret for the loss and praised his achievements and hard work for many years for the interest and future of the sultanate. In Kuwait, HH the Amir personally visited Oman for condo- lences and all business in public and private sectors were shut for a full three days from Saturday to Monday, which means that the state was in a complete mourning, as Kuwait and Oman enjoy historical ties. Kuwait has been associated with Oman by a strong and solid relationship forged by brotherhood, religion, history, geographical location and social relations between families. The death of the sultan left us all with NCCAL Secretary-General Dr. Tahani Al-Adwani opens the show. — KUNA photos many lessons to recall and learn from. The first was the amazing transfer of power that took place in astonishing he sixth GCC heritage exhibition contains relics that Age and the Islamic era. He noted that the Gulf region transparency to the new Sultan, Haitham bin Tariq. This Treflect the historical depth of member states, has a common history and its nations share identical issue is a sensitive and delicate matter. But in Oman it Secretary-General of the National Council for Culture, hopes and aspirations. was applied with utmost lucidity and calmness without Arts and Letters (NCCAL) Tahani Al-Adwani said on Meanwhile, historian Farhan Al-Farhan expressed his chaos or confusion, and this is something we rarely see in Wednesday. Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of opening delight over the show, which is displaying examples of the Arab world. the event held at Kuwait National Museum, Adwani said the monuments existing in GCC countries and civilization show, which is held on a rotating basis in GCC states, mirrors of the Arab nation. The event shows the cohesion and historical and civilized unity as well as cultural diversity. unity of GCC member states, he pointed out. The first NCCAL’s director of the department of antiquities edition of the exhibition was hosted by the UAE in and museums Sultan Al-Duwaish said in a similar state- 2006, while the following editions were held in Saudi The late sultan ment to KUNA that the month-long exhibition highlights Arabia in 2009, Qatar in 2011, Bahrain in 2013 and was the architect GCC archeological discoveries made between the Stone Oman in 2015. — KUNA of modern Oman Another achievement is that Oman has reached the highest global increase in the Corruption Perceptions Index. All efforts were exerted to fight this scourge. I believe this is due to Oman’s concern to create and improve the business environment in support of the national economy and contribute to building national capabilities in the field of enhancing competitiveness, along with measuring and following up the assessment of the sultanate at the national, regional and international levels. In the Arab world, we need such lessons. The late sultan was the architect of modern Oman, as the media called him. He worked all his life for the good of his people and his country. Therefore, all the people of Oman were in a state of great sadness over the loss of a A set of jars that date back to the man who devoted his life for his country and lived up to An historical headstone. A pot dates back to 1st century (UAE). Bronze Age. the principles of the Omani constitution until his death. Preserving the constitution and its principles are important, so upholding it must not be a subject of nego- tiation or changes to please anyone. What also distinguishes Oman is that there is no room for militancy and extremism that does not lead to good. Oman is a country that is open to all for business, invest- ment, livelihood and tourism. I believe that Oman today is far from the vicissitudes of politics in the Arab world and is outstanding, but this did not come without work and effort. Oman has always enjoyed a flexible policy of dia- logue with everyone, and it represents a lesson in real diplomacy that we need. I am sorry for the demise of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, but I am confident that Oman is in safe hands under its new leader Sultan Haitham bin Tariq. 4 Friday Local Friday, January 17, 2020 — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara Fattahova and can be deployed in the full spectrum of air operations including air policing and peace support. he Kuwait Aviation Show continues until Saturday. Kuwait Times interviewed Test Pilot Major Domenico G. Yesterday, Kuwait Times attended the aviation dis- from the Italian Air Force, who was conducting the Eu- Tplays as well as a series of seminars at the event. On rofighter demo flights during the Kuwait Aviation Show. the last day further air shows will be presented and students (Major Domenico’s surname is withheld due to Italian Air from high schools will attend the event. Force regulations). The Italian Air Force is one of the participants in this “The Typhoon is able to provide a wide variety of op- event and the air shows. With 623 aircraft ordered, the Eu- erating capabilities and a great mission effectiveness,” said rofighter Typhoon is considered the most advanced swing- Major Domenico. “The Swing Role capacity of the aircraft role combat aircraft currently available on the world market is well established within the Italian Air Force. We are Friday 5 Local Friday, January 17, 2020 trained to put it to good use and the aircraft re- Caselle on 23 December 2019, Eurofighter sponded aptly in all the operations it took part tweeted on 9 January. in. This is proved by the current deployment in As noted by Eurofighter, ISPA 6 is the most Kuwait, under the aegis of operation Inherent advanced iteration of the aircraft to date, and Resolve/Prima Parthica, that sanctioned inter- while other elements have previously been flight nationally the F-2000’s capacity to operate tested, this is the first time that all of the en- both in the air-to-air and in the air-to-ground hancements have been brought together. role or, more precisely, as a reconnaissance air- ISPA 6 is the first to fly the Captor E-Scan craft,” explained the Eurofighter pilot. Radar with Phase Enhancement 3 b (P3Eb), for “Recent Eurofighter deployments in Kuwait which Kuwait is to be the launch customer. Other and in NATO air policing operations, in differ- enhancements for Kuwait include the Lockheed ent environments, such as in Romania, Iceland, Martin Sniper advanced targeting pod, the in- Bulgaria and Baltic Republics, showed also troduction of the DRS-Cubic ACMI P5 combat outstanding operational results out of coun- training pod and an enhanced Very High Fre- try,” he said. quency (VHF) Omni-Directional Range (VOR) “During the training, pilots acquire the qual- navigation aid. The Kuwait Air Force will also ification on the aircraft in accordance with a have the option to employ the MBDA Storm newly designed training program, that includes Shadow cruise missile, MBDA Meteor beyond- both air defense and air-to-ground missions,” visual-range air-to-air missile, and the MBDA explained Major Domenico. “In the course, we Brimstone low-yield air-to-surface missile. acquire the skills needed to join seamlessly the In 2018, Kuwait inked an $8.7 billion contract operational wings and accomplish every kind of to purchase 28 Eurofighter Typhoons from Fin- mission that the Italian Eurofighter community meccanica, the Italian defense company. Kuwait already performs,” said the Italian Air Force pilot. will receive 22 single-seat and six twin-seat air- craft. Saudi Arabia and Oman have also bought Kuwait’s fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons Eurofighters. Kuwaiti pilots are also training in The first Eurofighter combat aircraft config- Italy in preparation and took part in maneuvers ured for Kuwait made its maiden flight in late in Oman and Egypt. The Kuwait contract in- December. Instrumented Series Production Air- cludes the building of infrastructure at Al-Salem craft (ISPA 6), equipped with the Kuwait Air airbase, training services for pilots and initial Force configuration, departed the Flight Test support services for three years, according to Centre of Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin- AINonline. 6 Friday Friday, January 17, 2020 Local How to get married ‘by malaach’ in Kuwait By Nawara Fattahova properly, their number will be enough. We can say there is a shortage if all malaaches t is possible for couples in Kuwait to are busy. officially get married and register the KT: What are the requirements or docu- Imarriage contract by a “malaach” or ments couples need for registering the “maathoun” in their homes. This service is marriage contract? available for Muslims of all nationalities. Binessa: Before going to their house, I Kuwait Times spoke to Dr Dawood Binessa, first ask on the phone if they have all the Professor of Islamic Law and Comparative necessary documents according to the Jurisprudence, who has been working as a requirements of the ministry of justice. In the malaach since 2003.