Kuwaiti foreign minister leaves for Cairo, gives statements on Iraq, Ir

KUWAIT, July 17 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah al Salem al Sabah said on Thursday that an Amiri decree is expected to be issued soon naming Rtr.Lieut.Gen Ali Al Mu'min as Ambassador to Iraq. Speaking to reporters prior to his departure to Cairo to attend meetings of the joint Kuwait-Egyptian Committee, Sheikh Mohammad said a recommendation on the nomination of Al Mu'min has been raised to His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah to appoint the diplomat. In response to a question on the time when Mu'min would assume his duties, Sheikh Mohammad said there are "long diplomatic arrangements to be taken." Commenting on what was raised on the sale of the Kuwaiti Consulate in Basra and the seizure of the embassy building in Baghdad, Sheikh... [read full story]