SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2014 SAFAR 16, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net MPs discuss Six Gitmo Four years on, Hat-trick and oil with govt, detainees something 400th club minister says sent to of an goal for Messi no taxation3 Uruguay7 Arab14 Winter in20 Barca rout Expats allowed to seek Min 10º Max 26º part-time jobs in 2015 High Tide 14:01 Low Tide Manpower authority braces for reopening recruitment 07:00 & 19:00 40 PAGES NO: 16366 150 FILS By Ahmad Jabr Saudis arrest KUWAIT: Foreigners working in the private sector will be allowed to seek part-time jobs in other companies starting 135 suspects from the beginning of the new year, a government official said. The current labor law allows firms to hire part-timers, but local authorities have yet to open this door for foreigners who for ‘terrorism’ could be looking for an additional way to make money or practice a certain profession outside of their work hours legal- Women drivers held ly. This will change in less than a month, when the Manpower Public Authority adopts new controls and conditions to organize this process, General Director Jamal Al-Dousary said RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday it has arrested 135 in a recent official statement issued by the MPA. suspects for “terrorism” offences, after the kingdom’s Expatriates working in the public sector already have the participation in air strikes against Islamic State group right to seek part-time jobs in the private sector or non- extremists raised concerns about possible retaliation. governmental organizations under the Civil Service The suspects include 26 foreign nationals, among them Commission’s law without restrictions. Many expatriates “16 Syrians and three Yemenis”, interior ministry already work part time in the private sector informally. The spokesman General Mansour Al-Turki said, cited by the new provision will legalize this and may also encourage official Saudi Press Agency. The detainees belong to more foreigners to take up part-time work, thus adding to “suspect groups... that terrorism united”, and their the labor market without adding to the number of foreigners arrests followed “repeated attempts to harm the securi- living in Kuwait. ty and stability of the homeland”, Turki said without The new provision is one of many to be announced by the specifying when they were detained. beginning of 2015, the most notable of which is opening the Forty of the suspects had gone to “zones of conflict, door for private companies to recruit labor directly from joined extremist groups and trained in the handling of abroad - a process that has been suspended in recent years weapons... before returning to the kingdom to desta- pending the transitional period between moving the labor bilise the country,” Turki said. He added that 54 others department from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to were implicated in the “financing, recruitment, propa- the Manpower Public Authority. While employers may ganda and manufacture of explosives... in aid of MANILA: Children play on a boat in a shantytown in the port area yesterday ahead of the arrival of resume applying for work permits for foreign workers, the extremist groups”. Typhoon Hagupit. — AFP (See Page 12) process will still not be entirely free. Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 LOCAL MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2014 Amir briefed on GCC summit agenda Sheikh Sabah receives IOM medal KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah, along with Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr Abdullatif Al-Zayani. Zayani briefed HH the Amir about major topics of agenda of the 35th GCC summit due in Doha, Qatar. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. HH the Amir received Chairman of Kuwait- based International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO), UN Humanitarian Envoy and Amiri Diwan Advisor Dr Abdullah Al- Maatouq. During the meeting, Maatouq presented HH the Amir with a medal from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for recogniz- ing his humanitarian works around the world. Earlier, HH Sheikh Sabah received HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, as well as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during his meeting with GCC Secretary Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- General Dr Abdullatif Al-Zayani. Hamad Al-Sabah. He also received Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Amir sent a cable of condolences to the Mohammad Thunayan Al-Ghanem. Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Monarch of Belgium, King Philippe, expressing Separately, HH the Crown Prince received at Minister of Information and Minister of State deep condolences on demise of Queen Seif Palace yesterday Ghanem, HH Sheikh for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- Fabiola, widow of King Baudoin. HH the Crown KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a medal Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, and Minister of Prince and HH the Prime Minister also sent from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) presented by IICO Chairman Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al- cables to the King, expressing identical feel- Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq. — KUNA photos Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al- Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, HH ings of sorrow. — KUNA GCC states emerged GCC summit held amidst stronger after row MANAMA: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states ambitious aspirations became stronger and more united after settlement of the recent row thanks to the wisdom of their leaders, GCC Secretary General Dr Abdullatif Al-Zayani said. “We pin hopes that the coming Doha GCC Summit will be the summit of joy that will build on the achievement made Iran, Syria, Palestine, Yemen on agenda during the Riyadh Summit,” he said in an address to a ses- sion of the 10th Manama Dialogue Saturday. The session RIYADH/DOHA/CAIRO: The 35th Summit of the Gulf Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and the West economies of the six GCC countries to a new level. was held under the title of “developing collective approach Cooperation Council (GCC) will be held in Doha, Qatar Bank as illegal. The report said the railway project was progressing, to security issues in the region.” tomorrow amidst ambitious aspirations to complete and the GCC countries approved draft laws over the On the events in Yemen, Dr Zayani said that the GCC ini- the buildup of the Arab Gulf bloc to be a solid and Yemen support preventive measures against contagious diseases and tiative is the key to solution, adding: “The initiative laid the influential union at regional and international levels. The GCC, said the report, supported all measures quarantine. groundwork for the national dialogue among all political The Riyadh-based GCC Secretariat published a adopted by Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour The member countries, added the report, were forces and the subsequent Peace and National Partnership report Saturday highlighting key achievements of the Hadi to implement recommendations of the national exerting efforts to improve efficiency of custom pro- Agreement.” Gulf bloc since its creation in 1981 in all domains, like dialogue in line with the GCC initiative and its execu- cedures, common market and construction codes, as He reaffirmed the GCC backing to Yemeni President Abd military, security, political and economy. tive mechanism. It regretted tension caused by the well as adopting an anti-extremism strategy. The Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and the government in their efforts The GCC, said the report, rejected Iran’s occupa- escalation of the Houthi group. report also mentioned strategic dialogues with to bring the country out of the current crisis. However, he tion of three islands of the United Arab Emirates, fully The GCC welcomed formation of the Lebanese Jordan, Morocco, the EU, Britain, the US, Australia, said: “Despite the support, Yemen is on the brink of a disas- supported UAE’s sovereignty over Abu Moussa, government, condemned the recent criminal bomb- China, Russia, Mexico, South Korea, India Canada ter due to the actions of some parties,” without naming Greater and Lesser Tunbs, and called on Iran to solve and Brazil. them. this issue either through direct negotiations or inter- Regarding Iran, the GCC chief recommended involving national arbitration. Pan-Arab cooperation the Islamic Republic in the efforts to draw a regional security The GCC, however, underlined importance of Also yesterday, the Arab League underlined the strategy and building confidence between Iran and the GCC cooperation and relations with Iran on the basis of GCC summit’s significance to ongoing efforts to “clear states. “The confidence-building measures have to start with respect of sovereignty of regional countries, non- the Arab-Arab atmosphere”. Iran returning the occupied islands of Abu Moussa and interference in internal affairs of the six GCC coun- Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League Great and Lesser Tonbs to the United Arab Emirates (UAE),” tries, good neighborly principles and refraining from Ambassador Ahmad bin Helli said in a news state- he suggested. the use of language of threat against Bahrain. ment that the GCC has a key role in the promotion of He criticized the involvement of the Lebanese Hezbollah The Arab Gulf bloc urged Iran to abide by its inter- pan-Arab cooperation and coordination, calling for group in the armed conflict in Syria.