Cabinet holds weekly meeting

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Passengers flying to Kuwait PCR negative certificate a must; Abdali land border crossing for export operations to resume

KUWAIT, Sept 28: Kuwait’s Cabinet held its weekly meeting remotely on Monday, headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamed Al-Sabah.
His Highness the Prime Minister briefed the minister on the speech he gave, on behalf of His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, during a remotely-held United Nations General Assembly session.


During the talks, he announced Kuwait’s pledge of USD290 million to global coronavirus combat and vaccine efforts, describing the situation globally as facing “unprecedented circumstances.”
He also affirmed Kuwait’s steadfast support of the Palestinian people in their efforts to obtain their legitimate rights.


Also, Kuwait’s condemnation of attacks on Saudi Arabia by the Iran-backed Houthi militia and its support of all measures assumed by Riyadh to preserve its security and stability.
Kuwait also called on Iran to take confidence-building measures and to initiate dialogue, based on respect for state sovereignty, he said.

After being briefed on the coronavirus situation in the country by the Health Minister Sheikh Basel Humoud Al-Sabah, ministers decided to retain the need for passengers flying into Kuwait to obtain a PCR examination certificate from a laboratory approved by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health.
They also approved the reopening of the Al-Abdali land border crossing for export operations to resume.
On the global political scale, the Cabinet expressed its “deep regret” over the ongoing military operations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh enclave.


The ministers called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for both nations to resort to dialogue, allowing for diplomatic efforts within the framework of international law, to achieve a political solution to the conflict in a way that spares the two countries from destruction and bloodshed.
The Cabinet also welcomed the prisoner exchange agreement signed between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group, expressing its hope that this would lead to new understandings for the future exchange of all Yemeni prisoners and detainees (KUNA)

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