SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 SHAWWAL 11, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Minister opens Assad says Fury after Rooney on probe in Kuwait Syrian army Bollywood star target as Airways porn ‘fatigued’ but says death row Man United star scandal5 will prevail8 convict12 innocent 20down Barca Iran launches charm Min 31º Max 46º offensive in wary Gulf High Tide 06:22 & 20:21 Zarif briefs Kuwait on nuke deal • Tehran’s policies won’t change Low Tide 13:35 40 PAGES NO: 16591 150 FILS By Staff Reporter FDI in Arab KUWAIT: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in his first foreign trip after the landmark nuclear accord, urged Tehran’s Gulf Arab neighbors to cooper- states fell ate to fight against terrorism, but stressed that the Islamic republic’s policy will not change. “What is need- ed in this region is not a change in Iranian policy but a 8% last year change in the policy of some countries which want con- flict and war in this region,” Zarif told a press conference after meeting HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- KUWAIT: Foreign direct investment into Arab states Jaber Al-Sabah and holding talks with Foreign Minister dropped 8.0 percent last year with the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. and Saudi Arabia accounting for close to half the total fall, a He brushed aside claims that Iran is interfering in the report said yesterday. Arab states attracted FDI worth $43.9 internal affairs of several Arab countries and said that billion in 2014 compared with $47.5 billion the previous year, the Kuwait-based Arab Investment and Export Credit Tehran has always stood with the people of this region Guarantee Corp said in its report. The figure is still way in fighting against the common threat, which is “terror- below the $66.2 billion attracted in 2010 before the start of ism, extremism and sectarianism”. the Arab Spring uprisings in several countries. “Based on this understanding, our message to the UAE topped the list of losses with $10.1 billion - 23 per- states of the region is that we should fight to confront cent of the regional total - followed by Saudi Arabia with the common threat,” Zarif said. He said Iran extends a $8 billion, or 18.3 percent. Egypt came third with $4.8 bil- hand of cooperation to the region as “Iran seriously lion. The report covered 20 out of the 22 Arab League believes that in our region there are common interests states, excluding war-torn Syria and tiny Comoros. FDI and common threats and we have to cooperate”. dropped in 15 of them. The six energy-rich states of the Continued on Page 13 Gulf Cooperation Council drew in the most investment, accounting for half of the Arab world’s total FDI, according PAGE to the report. Outflows of Arab investments into other Clashes rock countries dropped 10 percent to $33.4 billion, with Kuwait topping the list with $13 billion or 39.2 percent of the total, KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad the report said.— AFP Aqsa mosque Javad Zarif yesterday. — AFP (See Page 2) MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 LOCAL KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Iranian Foreign Minister Dr His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Mohammad Javad Zarif at Seif Palace yesterday. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Al-Sabah meets Acting National Assembly Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Acting National Assembly Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. meets Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh meets Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. Abdullah Al-Sabah. Amir receives Iran’s Foreign Minister KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah who was accompanied by Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif. The meeting was attended by Deputy Amiri Diwan Minister Advisor Mohammad Dhaifallah Sharar. Earlier, His Highness the Amir received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Acting National Assembly Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince received Khurainej, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Muabrak Al-Sabah. —KUNA KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled receives Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif at the airport. holds official talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif. —KUNA Sheikh Sabah and Zarif hold talks shortly after the Iranian official’s arrival to Kuwait. Kuwait, Iran FMs hold official talks KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, Ambassador Dhari Ajran Al-Ajran and Office Manager of Acting Prime Minister Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held official talks yesterday with visiting Iranian Foreign and Germany. and Foreign Minister Ambassador Saleh Salem Al-Loghani. On the Iranian side, Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif. The talks shed light on bilateral ties, com- On the Kuwaiti side, the meeting was attended by acting Foreign Ministry the meeting was attended by Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African mon issues and the latest regional and international developments. They also Undersecretary Ambassador Jamal Abdullah Al-Ghanem, Kuwaiti Ambassador affairs Hussain Amir-Abdollahian and Iranian Ambassador in Kuwait Reza discussed the landmark deal on Iran’s nuclear program with the permanent UN to Iran Majdi Al-Dhefiri, head of protocol department at the Foreign Ministry Enayati. —KUNA KUWAIT: Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks dur- Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif enters to attend Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) speaks as ing a press conference in Kuwait yesterday. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat the press conference. Iranian Ambassador in Kuwait Reza Enayati looks on. Efforts to solve Yemen’s dispute failing: Zarif KUWAIT: Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif humanitarian aid, adoption of a national dialogue and forma- the P5+1 countries. In a press statement, Zarif pointed out common interests and challenges that should be confronted expressed disappointment yesterday that international efforts tion of a national government. On Saturday, a five-day humani- that his visit to Kuwait was to “declare his country’s intention” with cooperation and unified efforts among countries in the to bring back Yemen’s stability are failing. Zarif said in a press tarian truce was announced in Yemen. The truce will allow in regards to its nuclear program. He added that Iran’s foreign Middle East region. “Dangers that face one country are detri- conference that international efforts to solve Yemen’s dispute humanitarian and medical aid to be delivered into the country. policy was based on “good neighboring” and better coopera- mental to the rest,” he pointed out, adding that these dangers are not appropriate, pointing out to his country’s four key points Meanwhile, Zarif stressed, that Kuwait was the first country tion with regional countries. can be overcome by strong historical, rigorous and cultural to solve the Yemeni crisis, including a cease fire, provision of he visited after Iran’s landmark nuclear deal was made with The Iranian Foreign Minister believed in the existence of ties that were shared among regional countries. —KUNA MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 LOCAL Finance ministry refutes 100 fils gas price increase reports By Meshaal Al-Enezi KUWAIT: The finance ministry strongly denied some local papers’ stories published yesterday concerning the government’s intentions to increase gasoline prices to 100 fils per liter next year. MP Yousif Al-Zalzalah Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah A statement issued by the ministry explained that a committee presided by the finance minis- ter was currently studying the issue comprehen- Zalzalah warns to grill FM sively within a larger study, reconsidering vari- ous types of subsidies and beneficiaries from over health office probe each type. The statement stressed that there was no intention to partially or entirely lift subsidies By A Saleh Gas prices on goods or public services. “The government is MP Hamdan Al-Azmi strongly rejected the not trying to reduce subsidies, it is rather work- KUWAIT: MP Yousif Al-Zalzalah stressed his government’s intention to increase gasoline ing on paying them to real beneficiaries in order readiness to use all constitutional tools to grill prices and expressed amazement at what he to achieve justice,” the statement said. First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign described as ‘the government’s persistence to Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad act against citizens’ interests and to occasion- Violating companies Al-Sabah concerning the foreign ministry’s ally leak public opinion-provoking news.’ MP Acting Manpower Authority Director failure to solve the problem of citizen Hanan Azmi said that news about such increases Abdullah Al-Motoutah said that a new batch of Al-Sharaf with Kuwait’s health office in only reflect the government policies’ fragility violating companies would be sent to the Washington.