SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2014 SAFAR 3, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Cabinet slams Hagel steps Palestinian China reveals sports bodies down as Culture Centre drugs ban after Gulf US defense holds exhibition for Olympic Cup debacle2 secretary13 at30 Bayt Lothan champ17 Sun MP seeks to reassure over Min 17º expat residency decisions Max 27º High Tide 00:20 & 14:23 Lawmakers alarmed by bourse slide, demand action Low Tide 07:55 & 19:50 40 PAGES NO: 16353 150 FILS KNPC to invest By B Izzak KUWAIT: Rapporteur of the National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee MP Abdulhameed Dashti $40bn till 2022 explained yesterday that he had been misquoted on the bills the panel approved, especially with regards to Dow not leaving expatriates’ residency. Dashti said in a written statement that the committee’s action is an approval in principle KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) and the final and ultimate decisions will be taken by the plans to spend $40 billion in the period to 2022 on concerned committees. The committee only clears bills projects including a new refinery and a clean fuels and proposals that are in line with the constitution and project, its chief executive said yesterday. existing laws. Mohammed Ghazi Al-Mutairi said in a speech at a The lawmaker said that the draft law cleared by the conference in Kuwait City that the Clean Fuels Project would also include the expansion and panel on expatriates was submitted by MP Abdullah Al- modernizing of the Mina Ahmadi and Mina Tameemi and stipulates that unskilled and semi-skilled Abdullah refineries, with a focus on producing expatriate workers can stay in the country for a maxi- high-grade products such as diesel fuel and mum of 10 years and not five years as mentioned kerosene for exports. The new refinery, Zour, before. The bill also requires that the size of any single which is due to be completed in 2019, will be the foreign community should not exceed 15 percent of largest in the Middle East with a capacity of Kuwaitis, who currently number 1.25 million. This 615,000 barrels per day (bpd). means the number of any community should not Kuwait currently has three refineries with a exceed 187,000. Only three communities exceed this combined capacity of 930,000 bpd. The oldest, figure: Indians (700,000), Egyptians (500,000) and Shuaiba, with a capacity of 200,000 bpd will be Bangladeshis (210,000). closed after Zour goes on stream. Under the proj- In his proposal, Tameemi has also proposed an age- ect, the capacity of the Mina Ahmadi refinery will limit of 50 years for unskilled and semi-skilled expatriate drop to 347,000 bpd from 466,000, while Mina workers. Dashti also said the committee approved anoth- Abdullah’s will rise to 454,000 bpd from 270,000. er proposal to limit the stay of expatriates in Kuwait to Mutairi said these projects would be completed VIENNA: US Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on the status of negotiations over Iran’s five years only that can be renewed one month before between 2018 and 2022. nuclear program before he leaves the Austrian capital yesterday. Facing still significant differences between the expiry of the iqama. If the renewal is rejected or not Continued on Page 13 the US and Iran, negotiators gave up on last-minute efforts to get a nuclear deal by yesterday’s deadline and submitted in time, the expatriate must leave. extended their talks for another seven months. — AFP (See Page 13) Continued on Page 13 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2014 LOCAL Cabinet discusses sports scene, political developments KUWAIT: Setback of sports in Kuwait him to attend the 35th meeting of the has featured high on the agenda of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cabinet weekly meeting at Seif Palace Cooperation Council (GCC) in Doha, yesterday, chaired by His Highness the December 9-10. Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- The delegation to accompany His Hamad Al-Sabah. Highness the Amir to the GCC Supreme The debate on the imbalances and Council meeting will include First obstacles of sports comes in the after- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign math of the failure by the national foot- Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad ball team in the 22nd edition of the Gulf Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Cup of Nations currently held in Riyadh, Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al- said Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Minister of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Finance Anas Khaled Al-Saleh and Mubarak Al-Sabah after the meeting. Minister of Oil and Minister of State for The Cabinet noted that the failure at National Assembly Affairs Ali Saleh Al- the 22nd Gulf Cup has been the result of Omair. accumulating faults and imbalances that The Cabinet was then briefed by the led to negative results, laying the blame Prime Minister on the outcome of the on the Kuwait Football Association and recent visit to Kuwait by Albania’s Prime its general assembly, the Minister added. Minister Edi Rama and an accompanying The meeting urged the relevant bod- delegation. The visit focused on means KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah with Nickolay Mladenov at Seif Palace yesterday. —KUNA ies to assume responsibilities and take of cementing bilateral ties in all fields, effective measures to remedy the faults Minister Sheikh Mohammad said. so as to avert more harm to Kuwait’s The ministers were also apprised of a sports reputation, Sheikh Mohammad recent letter sent to His Highness the Crown Prince receives said. It also urged developing practical Prime Minister from his counterpart in methods likely to promote sports insti- Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, inviting him tutions and guarantee their commit- to visit Tajikistan to promote and consoli- ment to the “right path”, to realize the date friendly reltions between both top state officials aspired achievements. countries in all fields. Then the Cabinet Meanwhile, the Cabinet was today discussed the topics on the agenda of informed of the message from Qatari the National Assembly. The meeting con- Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani cluded with a review of reports on the Premier receives UN official to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah current political developments on the Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inviting Arab and international scenes. —KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq Mladenov met later and discussed the UN mis- Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber and Head of the United Nations Assistance sion in Iraq. The UN official lauded Kuwait’s Al-Sabah received Minister of Health Ali Al- Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Nickolay Mladenov. efforts in keeping Iraq’s security and stability and Obaidi at his Diwan in Seif Palace yesterday. He First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister its support for international and humanitarian also received Chief of the National Security Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and endeavors. FM to participate in Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Sabah Al-Salem Director of International Organizations The meeting was attended by Director of Al-Sabah. Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs world organization department at the Ministry GCC ministerial meeting Separately, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ambassador Jassem Al-Mubarki were in atten- Ambassador Jassim Mubarak Al-Mubaraki, and Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, in atten- dance. Deputy Director of follow-up and coordination KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister dance of, received the visiting Special Meanwhile, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and department Advisor Hassan Zamanan.—KUNA and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah will head to Doha, Qatar, tomorrow to partic- ipate in the 133rd session of the prepara- ‘VSA arts’ displays disabled tory meeting for the GCC’s ministerial council. The Kuwaiti delegation, headed by Sheikh Sabah Al-Hamad, includes children’s creativity Chairman of the office of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Sheikh Ahmad By Nawara Fattahova anniversary of joining VSA arts international this Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, year, and it coincides with naming HH the Amir Chairman of the GCC affairs’ department KUWAIT: The Kuwait Society for Handicapped Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as a Ambassador Nasser Al-Muzyan, Kuwaiti (KSH) will hold the fifth Very Special Arts Festival ‘Humanitarian Leader’. In addition, the world is Ambassador to Qatar Mutab Al- (VSA arts) from December 1 to 3, 2014 at Bayt celebrating the International Day of Persons Mutawtah and officials of the Ministry of Lothan. Children with various disabilities will be with Disabilities on December 3, so we decided Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah participating in this event, and other children to hold this festival in this period particularly,” Foreign Affairs. —KUNA are welcomed to join them. On this occasion, added Mutawa. VSA arts held a press conference yesterday at Before joining VSA arts, the society had par- the KSH premises to introduce the event that ticipated in art competitions organized by MEN- will be held under the auspices of the Minister of CAP - Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Social Affairs and Labor and State Minister for Children from UK. Kuwaiti children won several Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih. prizes and their artworks were highly appreciat- Munira Al-Mutawa, Executive Director of VSA ed. VSA arts of Kuwait has been an affiliate of the arts Kuwait and the Vice Chair and Secretary VSA International Organization on Arts and KUWAIT: Munira Al-Mutawa speaking at the General of KSH, said the main reason for holding Disability since 1994.