SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 THULHIJJA 4, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait releases G20 warns Poor Hungary Pouille stuns rare birds in against town eyes riches Nadal to lead line with int’l slide into of Suleiman French charge convention3 protectionism21 the40 Magnificent into20 US Open Govt to launch separate Min 34º hospitals for expatriates Max 45º High Tide 02:27 & 14:48 Limit on residency period mulled to curb expat numbers Low Tide 08:53 & 21:01 40 PAGES NO: 16985 150 FILS By B Izzak and A Saleh MoI seizes 3 million Captagon pills KUWAIT: Health Minister Ali Al-Obaidi said yesterday that the government’s legal agency - the fatwa and legislative By Hanan Al-Saadoun department - has given its approval for setting up an independent healthcare system for expatriates under a KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior new medical insurance scheme. The fatwa department announced yesterday the confiscation of approved a draft contract the ministry plans to sign with about three million pills of the illegal the Health Insurance Hospitals Company to offer health- Captagon drug hidden inside air com- care services to expatriates, the minister said. pressors. The Drugs Control General The contract is in accor- Department (DCGD) received information dance with the government’s that indicated an incoming cargo contain- program of action and the state development plan to er had narcotics hidden inside. The con- develop a national health- tainer was placed under surveillance until care strategy, Obaidi said. The it reached the country and the delivery Health Insurance Hospitals was made before the raid was carried out. Co, a public shareholding Kuwaiti security authorities have firm for health insurance recently foiled a wave of bids to smuggle established in accordance narcotics into the country, which has with a decision by the Ali Al-Obaidi drawn alarm from concerned authorities. Cabinet, will provide medical In July, the Interior Ministry foiled a major attempt to bring care for expatriates through a number of hospitals and 10 million Captagon pills worth KD 25 million into the coun- primary medical centers based on the health insurance try. Captagon, a brand name for the synthetic stimulant law of 1999, the minister said. fenethylline, was developed in the 1960s to treat hyperactivi- The ministry is currently engaged in completing the ty and narcolepsy. necessary approvals for the draft contract from the state’s It was banned in the 1980s because of its potential for supervisory agencies, said Obaidi, adding that the project abuse, but knockoff versions continue to be illegally manu- has been sent to the state Audit Bureau for examination, he said. Pending approval of the bureau, the ministry will factured in small-scale labs in some countries. Some militant KUWAIT: Packets of Captagon pills and a suspect are seen after the shipment of the drug was busted yester- start implementing the scheme by providing healthcare groups in the region reportedly use it to increase their day. (Inset) Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah examines a packet of pills hidden inside to expatriates at hospitals and medical centers specialized strength and prowess in battle. an air compressor. — MoI Continued on Page 13 Russia, Saudis to stabilize oil output Kuwait welcomes cooperation • Oil rallies LONDON: Oil rallied by up to five percent yes- with the goal of supporting the stability of the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran over terday as top global producers Russia and oil market”, the ministers said in a joint state- Tehran’s desire to raise production levels after Saudi Arabia vowed to stabilize the market ment. “To this end the ministers agreed to act the lifting of sanctions. after meeting at the G20 in China. Saudi together or in cooperation with other oil pro- After meeting Novak, Falih told Al-Arabiya Energy Minister Khaled Al-Falih and his Russian ducers,” it read, adding they had agreed to set television channel there was “currently no counterpart Alexander Novak agreed to “act up a “joint monitoring group” to offer recom- need to freeze production”. “A freeze is one of together” to steady the market, on the side- mendations to prevent price fluctuations. the preferred options but it is not needed for lines of the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese Novak described the announcement as the moment.” OPEC members Kuwait, Nigeria city of Hangzhou. In reaction, Brent North Sea marking a “new era” in cooperation between and the United Arab Emirates all welcomed crude leapt as high as $49.40 per barrel, and Russia and Saudi Arabia and insisted that it the Saudi-Russian pledge. Kuwait “backs the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) would have a “critical significance”. However, outcome of these consultations for the sake of soared to $46.53. there were no details on any deal to freeze oil achieving a balance in the markets”, acting oil Prices later pulled back however as Saudi output around current levels, just weeks minister and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh Arabia ruled out the need to trim back produc- before Moscow and the 13-nation said. “The consultations come in the frame- This combination image taken yesterday shows (left) US President Barack Obama tion, while traders questioned whether the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting work of cooperation among major OPEC and speaking during a press conference following the conclusion of the G20 summit in pair would curb global oversupply. The two Countries (OPEC) crude cartel meet in Algeria non-OPEC producers... to regulate and stabilize Hangzhou, China, and (right) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaking dur- nations “noted the particular importance of to discuss a global supply glut. Thus far, major markets,” said the minister of OPEC’s fifth ing a press conference in Davao City in the Philippines prior to his departure for constructive dialogue and close cooperation oil producers have been unable to strike an largest producer. Laos to attend the ASEAN summit. — AFP between the largest oil-producing countries accord on freezing output, owing mainly to a Continued on Page 13 Duterte spews vulgar Saudis tighten Dozens killed in string tirade against Obama belts for Eid in of deadly Syria blasts DAVAO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte mit in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, Obama age of austerity DAMASCUS: A string of bombings claimed Barack Obama and Russian counterpart crudely insulted Barack Obama yesterday as said Washington recognized that drugs were by the Islamic State group killed dozens Vladimir Putin touted “productive” talks he vowed not to be lectured by the US leader a significant problem for the Philippines. But RIYADH/KHOBAR: A cartoon widely circulated in across Syria yesterday, as Washington and and “some alignment” on Syria. on human rights when they meet in Laos. The he insisted that he would not shy away from Saudi Arabia on Twitter last month showed three old Moscow failed to agree on a deal to stem But the two powers failed to produce an acid-tongued Duterte bristled at warnings he raising concerns about the way the issue was men in traditional robes, named Unemployment, the country’s violence. The blasts in mostly expected deal to ease the violence in Syria, would face questioning by the US president being handled under the new administration. Prices and Poverty, looking down at a young boy government-held territory killed at least 48 where more than 290,000 people have over a war against drugs in the Philippines “The issue of how we approach fighting with torn clothes named Salary. “When will you grow people and wounded dozens more, a day been killed and more than half the popula- that has claimed more than 2,400 lives in just crime and drug trafficking is a serious one for bigger like us?!” the men ask the boy. The annual Eid after the jihadist group lost the last stretch tion displaced since March 2011. The latest over two months. “You must be respectful. Do all of us. We’ve got to do it the right way,” he Al-Adha holiday period is traditionally a time for of the Syria-Turkey border under its control. carnage came in a series of blasts, the not just throw away questions and state- said. “Undoubtedly, if and when we have a ordinary Saudis to splurge on new clothes, acces- In China, where world powers were gath- deadliest of which was a double bombing ments. (Expletive) I will curse you in that meeting, this is something that’s going to be sories and travel. But this year’s Eid holidays, which ered for the G20 meeting, US President Continued on Page 13 forum,” Duterte told a news conference short- brought up. And my expectation, my hope is fall on Sept 12-15, are set to be the most austere in ly before flying to Laos to attend a summit. that it could be dealt with constructively.” well over a decade. “We will be wallowing in the mud like pigs if Asked after arriving in the Laos capital of Low oil prices are forcing the government of the you do that to me.” Vientiane whether the meeting would go world’s top oil exporter into spending cuts to curb a Duterte was due to hold a bilateral meet- ahead, Duterte replied: “Maybe, if I feel budget deficit that totalled a record $98 billion last ing with Obama today afternoon on the side- good. I don’t want to quarrel with him. He’s year. Those cuts, which began late in 2015, are now lines of a gathering of global leaders hosted the most powerful president ... on the plan- rippling through almost every area of the Saudi by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations et.” Duterte added that he did not believe economy, reducing consumers’ disposable income (ASEAN) in Vientiane, the Lao capital.