SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 RAJJAB 24, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net 400 workers Pak defector Verizon buys Barca in unpaid for was key in faded Internet Champions eight months bin Laden pioneer AOL League final stage protest3 operation10 for27 $4.4bn despite20 loss Dashti under fire over Min 26º Max 42º FM’s ‘sectarian’ grilling High Tide 07:30 & 18:50 Low Tide Controversy rages over new govt wage scheme 00:35 & 13:25 40 PAGES NO: 16519 150 FILS Kuwait seeks By B Izzak New earthquake rocks Nepal KUWAIT: MPs continued to lash out yesterday at Shiite lawmaker Abdulhameed Dashti for filing a request to arbitration in grill the foreign minister over Kuwait’s participation in the Saudi-led war against Shiite Houthi militias. Dashti Saudi oil row held Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah responsible for Kuwait’s participation in the war and KUWAIT: Kuwait has requested arbitration in a dis- signing the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) security pute with Saudi Arabia over shared oil production pact. He also accused him of suing Kuwaiti activists and from the neutral zone between the Gulf neighbors politicians, including himself, for criticizing Bahrain and which has completely halted, a newspaper reported Saudi Arabia. yesterday. Kuwaiti daily Al-Jarida said that talks Islamist MP Ahmad Al-Azemi said the grilling between the two governments on output from the amounts to a quiz against HH the Amir and not the for- 5,000 sq km zone that they exploit jointly under a eign minister, and constitutes a challenge to the Amir’s half-century-old treaty had reached deadlock. It said authorities granted by the constitution. He said the con- that Kuwait has now requested international arbitra- stitution grants the Amir the right to declare a defensive tion but that the terms of the treaty stipulate that war and the airstrikes against Houthis in Yemen are can only happen with Saudi Arabia’s agreement. nothing but a war in defense of Saudi Arabia and in The dispute has seen production from the zone response to calls by the Yemeni government. completely halted in a blow to Kuwait, which, unlike The lawmaker insisted that Houthi militias in Yemen its much larger neighbor, has little spare output have carried out attacks against Yemenis inside the capacity to compensate. The state had received half country and threatened neighboring Saudi Arabia, of the more than 500,000 barrels per day output which necessitated the air campaign. Azemi said that from the Khafji and Wafra oilfields before it stopped. the grilling represents a major embarrassment for The offshore Khafji field was shut in October Kuwait and undermines its status before the interna- because of environmental concerns. The Wafra field tional community, claiming that the quiz is a grilling closed on Monday for two-week maintenance but against the entire Kuwaiti people who have blessed the industry sources told AFP production would not war in Yemen. He called on Dashti to withdraw the grilling and not attempt to interfere in the affairs and resume until the dispute between the Gulf neigh- KATHMANDU: A car is seen smashed under the weight of a building that collapsed after an earthquake powers of the Amir. bors is resolved. — AFP struck yesterday. — AP (See Page 7) Continued on Page 13 LOCAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 WASHINGTON: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets GCC Secretary General His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Kuwait’s Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Abdullatif Al-Zayani. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Al-Sabah is pictured with a child at the dinner banquet. Al-Jaber Al-Sabah welcomes His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the din- ner banquet. Amir meets GCC chief in Washington WASHINGTON: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- which focused on preparations for GCC-US summit due Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Secretary General of the tomorrow, as well as regional and international develop- Gulf Cooperation Council Abdullatif Al-Zayani at his resi- ments. Foreign Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, GCC dence in Washington. The encounter was held in the pres- Department Director Ambassador Nasser Hajji Al-Muzayen, ence of First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Deputy Director of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled’s office Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Ambassador Saleh Al-Loughani and Kuwait Consul General Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh in Los Angeles Abdullatif Al-Yahya attended the meeting. Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Separately, HH the Amir attended a dinner banquet that Minister and Minister of Defence Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah was hosted in his honor by Kuwait’s Ambassador to the US Al-Sabah and members of HH the Amir’s accompanying Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The event was delegation also attended the meeting. held on the occasion of HH the Amir’s official visit to the First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets GCC Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled also met Zayani separately, United States. — KUNA Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani. Kuwait marks 7th anniversary of Father Amir’s passing KUWAIT: Seventh anniversary of the demise of view was that developing standards and criteria late Father Amir Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al- was the means to build a better future. Salem Al-Sabah falls today, as he passed away Sheikh Saad is remembered for his firm belief on May 13, 2008 after fulfilling a series of that the strength of the Kuwaiti people is in their achievements, full of loyalty to his beloved coun- solidarity and that the strength of the Arab try and people, at the national and international nation is in its unity of stances and settlement of levels. dispute by peaceful means while stressing the The late Father Amir is considered by the higher good. The late Father Amir is also remem- Kuwaiti people as distinguished national figure, bered as a man of the people whose doors nev- who spent his life in serving the interests of his er closed before those who sought his help or country especially during the Iraqi invasion in counsel. He was known to listen and take due 1990. Late Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah is the 14th action. ruler of Kuwait, and the eldest son of late Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Foreign relations KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday HH Sheikh Nasser Al- Sheikh Saad was born in 1930, and received When it came to foreign relations, the late Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Sheikh Ali Al-Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. — KUNA his education in Al-Mubarakeyyah school, and figure went on many tours and visits to all parts was appointed in 1949 in the general police of the world to bolster ties of cooperation and department by then. He began his duties in friendship on all levels. His first focus and start security and defense fields, serving as the state’s was understandably the Gulf region and the US-GCC summit ‘qualitative first Interior Minister and second Defense states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. He also Minister since adoption of the Kuwaiti gave due attention and care to relations with Constitution in 1962. other regional blocs and international players to leap’ in strategic partnership The late figure was among those who estab- contribute to efforts at world peace and security. lished the bedrock of modern Kuwait, was a During the 1990 Saddam occupation of the member of the committee which drafted the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Saad was again in the US looks to improve shared military defenses with GCC constitution, and was an active member in the forefront symbolizing all Kuwaitis and stressing discussions on that subject. their cause and defending their rights at all inter- WASHONGTON: The upcoming US-GCC summit, deal and security threats in the region such as Iraq, GCC leaders in Camp David tomorrow, aiming to Sheikh Saad was nominated Crown Prince by national venues. He carried the cause of liberat- to be held tomorrow, is seen as a qualitative leap in Yemen, and Libya, the US hopes to close the Camp develop cooperation in all fields between the two the late Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- ing the state from unjust and treacherous occu- relations between the United States and Arabian David talks with GCC leaders by outlining a plan to sides. The meeting was called for by US President Sabah, the state’s 13th Amir, in January 1978. He pation from the very first few days of the aggres- Gulf countries in pursuit of cooperation to boost improve the countries’ shared missile and maritime Barrack Obama, after the recent agreement was appointed Prime Minister in February that sion, until the country was liberated in February security and peace in the region. defenses. reached between the 5+1 Group and Iran, regard- same year and charged to form the 10th Kuwaiti 26, 1991. The late Father Amir believed the The two-day summit will discuss the possibility “We will also be announcing additional military ing the latter’s nuclear file. cabinet. Upon appointment as Premier, the late strength of our country lies behind the unity of of reaching a final agreement that guarantees a exercises that are pegged to increase the proficien- Camp David, a presidential retreat located Father Amir stated he was honored by the trust its people, and he will always remain a symbol of peaceful Iranian nuclear program according to the cy and the ability of the GCC states to act in an about 100 kilometers north-northwest of and stressed he the sensed the responsibility loyalty and courage to his people.