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THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT basketball Page 15 ice hockey Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Pages 15 & 16 THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021 / SHABAAN 19, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17652 16 PAGES 150 FILS Crown Prince said to head new NSC ‘Decree issued’ Amir receives offi cials KUWAIT CITY, March 31: A decree has been issued to form KUWAIT CITY, March 31, (KUNA): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown the National Security Council Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace on (NSC) headed by His Highness Wednesday. the Crown Prince Sheikh Me- His Highness the Amir also received Saudi Arabia’s State Minister and shaal Al-Ahmad, reports Al- Cabinet Member Prince Turki bin Mohammad bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz Seyassah daily. Al-Saud, who handed him a letter from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al- According to the decree, the members of Saud of Saudi Arabia. The letter maintained the significance of boosting the NSC are HH Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Head brotherly and historic bilateral relations, as well as issues of mutual sig- of the National Guard; Deputy Chairman nificance and recent developments on the regional and global spectrums. of the National Guard Sheikh Ahmed Al- His Highness the Amir, in turn, extended his greetings to Saudi Ara- Nawaf, His Highness the Prime Minister bia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Min- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, the Deputy Prime ister and Defence Minister Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Prince Turki bin Mohammad has since departed Kuwait. Bidding the Hamad Jaber Al-Ali; Foreign Minister and Saudi official farewell was Kuwait’s Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Sheikh Mohammad Abdallah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. His Highness the Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sa- Amir also later separately received Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker bah, Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Al- KUNA photo Marzouq Al-Ghanim, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Ali, Minister of Finance Khalifa Hamadeh, HH the Amir receives Saudi Arabia’s State Minister and Cabinet Member Prince Turki bin Mohammad bin Fahad, who Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Head of the National Security Agency. handed him a letter from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. former head Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. Opinion Newswatch BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Advisor Jan Hecker praised on Wednesday Kuwait’s role in promoting se- Where there is a will, there is a way curity and stability in the Middle East region. In a statement issued by the Kuwaiti embassy in Germany, the offi cial expressed his deep appreciation for the efforts made by Kuwait in the fi eld of relief and crisis prevention. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Hecker also valued the “distinguished” relations between Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Berlin and Kuwait. MP submits ‘grilling’ Other Voices The German offi cial’s remarks came, according to the state- THERE is an old proverb about willpower - ment, after a meeting with the Kuwaiti ambassador to Germa- ny, Najeeb Al-Bader. (KUNA) Where there is a will, there is a way. This is ❑ ❑ ❑ what the government has proven after taking motion against Health the constitutional oath, as it passed four laws Uncivil State! KUWAIT CITY: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister that the people of Kuwait have been waiting for By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh zouq Al-Ghanim disclosed the of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al- Mohammad Al-Sabah headed, Tuesday, Kuwait’s delegation a long time. Arab Times Staff first voting on the premier’s re- By Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli Previously, the government used to blame quest resulted in the approval of Former Minister of Oil participating in the fi fth edition of the Brussels Conference on KUWAIT CITY, March 31: The 29 attendees while five rejected it. ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ held online. the delay in passing the four deserving laws During the meeting, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah delivered a on the parliament. This led it to lose popular National Assembly on Tuesday Then, the Secretariat General of ne of the experts at the Dec 5, approved the request of HH the speech saying that through the past ten years, Syrian people support, and the MPs exploited the situation the Assembly informed that this 2020 National Assembly has pro- suffered many violations and practices against human rights Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah voting is wrong; hence, the sec- O to paint a bad image of the government to the Al-Khaled to postpone delibera- posed the amendment of Article 79 of and international laws causing huge human suffering. people. ond voting took place resulting in the Constitution, which states: “No law The Syrian refugee crisis is considered the largest crisis in tions on the grilling motions filed the approval of 33 attendees and the world, as there are about 5.6 million registered Syrian refu- After taking the oath, the government re- against him until the end of the shall be promulgated unless it is ratified vealed its power in imposing what it deems ap- only one rejected. Al Ghanim said gees in the region and about 6.2 million displaced inside Syria, second round of the current leg- he will clarify why the voting was by the National Assembly and sanc- propriate. It overcame a crisis that almost wors- tioned by the Amir.” The proposal is he said. islative term. not done by calling the names in Kuwait believes that the situation in Syria has become more ened the economic and political situation in The grilling motion that MPs public in the next session. to add the phrase: complicated due to the interference of external parties and dif- the country. Therefore it is required to hear the Thamer Al-Suwait, Khalid Al- On the other hand, the As- “The law must be fi culties facing the peace talks sponsored by the UN, the For- voice of the people, or to put it more clearly, the Otaibi and Badr Al-Dahoum filed sembly approved the request of compatible with eign Minister added. (KUNA) government should practice populism through against HH the Prime Minister several MPs to cancel the session Islamic Sharia.” ❑ ❑ ❑ laws and decisions that stop the decline. was removed from the agenda slated for Wednesday; so Al- The proposal For instance, its approval to postpone the due to the absence of these MPs. entails our trans- BRUSSELS: The fi fth Brussels virtual Conference on Syria Ghanim announced that the next titled ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ chaired loan installments by six months. Although it is MPs Muhammad Al-Mutair, session will be held on April 13, formation into a Badr Al Dahoum and Hamdan by the European Union and the United Nation concluded Tues- an important and big step and it meets the needs 2021. religious State; day evening with total pledges of 5.3 billion euro (USD 6.4 of people, it is only a painkiller that does not Al-Azmi also filed a grilling mo- Moreover, MP Musaed Al- such as the Tale- billion) for the year 2021, including 3.6 billion euro (USD 4.4 cure the disease. tion against the premier. Al-Azmi Ardi submitted a grilling motion ban State, Guard- billion) in grants. In order to work on a serious treatment, it attended the session, so Sheikh against HH the Prime Minister ianship of the Of this amount, 3.7 billion euro (USD 4.3 billion) were an- must consider a radical solution to the issue Sabah Al-Khalid requested for on the deliberate disruption of Islamic Jurist nounced by the EU: 1.12 billion euro (USD 1.31 billion) com- of loans, especially consumer loans, and debts postponement of the grilling. the Assembly’s work. (Wilayat Al- Al-Baghli ing from the European Commission and 2.6 billion euro (USD Al-Azmi then asked about the MPs Ahmed Mutei Al-Azmi 3 billion) from EU Member States. from companies and banks, as the latter only reasons behind the premier’s re- Faqih), ISIS, Al-Qaeda and their ilk … need extension, and the government reassures and Soud Bu Sleeb submitted a With due respect and obedience to our For the years 2022 and beyond, 1.7 billion euro (USD 2 bil- quest to postpone the grilling; in- grilling motion against Minister lion) will be in grants, Janez Lenarcic, EU Commissioner for the banks by guaranteeing them, especially the dicating the latter accused him of of Health Dr Basel Al-Sabah glorious Islamic laws, such a proposal Crisis Management announced at the end of the meeting. facilities for which there are no mortgages, and involvement in issues concerning on the failure of his ministry to will open the door to the great evil for In addition to grants, international fi nancial institutions and without the state guaranteeing any penny. health, education and others. He deal with the coronavirus crisis, us. donors have announced loans in concessional terms in the There are tens of thousands of individuals said the premier has the right to administrative and financial cor- Which law do we apply? The law of amount of 5.9 billion euro (USD 7 billion), he added. (KUNA) and companies who suffer from restrictions request for postponement of the ruption, and the ministry’s un- our noble Messenger and the Rightly ❑ ❑ ❑ imposed by banks.