by admin | May 25, 2021 | Commodities, Commodities News, Muslim World
Kuwait : Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) announced Sunday that it will host the fifth Annual Strategic Energy Forum for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, with the participation of 250 to 300 specialists representing international petroleum companies.
KPC said in a press release that the forum will be held this coming Tuesday under the patronage of Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Khaled Al-Fadhel.
The forum, to be held in cooperation with the international ‘Petroleum Economist’ magazine, is considered a good opportunity for participants to exchange expertise and discussions over the latest challenges in the oil sector. The event will also display the latest developments in the petrochemicals’ industry, in addition to the production in South America and investment opportunities in Asia and Africa.
The speakers’ list includes Minister Al-Fadhel, KPC CEO Hashim Sayed Hashim, Secretary General of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) Abbas Al-Naqi among others.
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by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World
Kuwait : Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met here on Wednesday with Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sarraj.
During the meeting, both sides discussed the latest developments in the political situation in Libya, as well as ways of developing cooperation relations between the two countries. They stressed that the negative foreign interventions in Libya’s affairs contributed to prolonging the crisis in the North Africa country.
The two sides also agreed on the return of the Kuwaiti embassy to operate from Libya, and that the representative of the State of Kuwait in the Security Council adopt the vision of the GNA and coordinate with the Libyan Mission to the United Nations in this regard.
They agreed in principle on the contribution of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in the reconstruction programs and service projects in Libya, in addition to communication with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to contribute to these programs.
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by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait : Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received here on Sunday United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths and his accompanying delegation.
According to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the UN envoy briefed the emir of Kuwait on the latest developments and communications related to the Yemeni crisis.
Griffiths left Sana’a on Friday after failing to persuade the Houthi militias to surrender Hodeidah and return to negotiations.
The UN envoy had been pushing to relaunch peace talks between the legitimate Yemeni government and the Houthis for the past few weeks. His visit to Sana’a followed meetings with Yemeni government officials in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on July 22.
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by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, Overseas, World
Manila : Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that a ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait will be made permanent and he urged those still working in that country to return home, state media reported on Sunday.
Duterte made the comments during a speech on Saturday in Singapore on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Summit, Efe news reported.
“Those who are there in Kuwait… I now appeal for your sense of patriotism. Come home,” Duterte said.
Duterte in February issued a temporary ban on sending additional workers to Kuwait pending an investigation into the murder of a 29-year-old Filipino house worker, whose body was found in the freezer of her employers. They have been sentenced to death for the murder.
The case sparked outrage in the Philippines and has triggered a diplomatic crisis as thousands of domestic workers left the Gulf nation.
The Philippine Ambassador in Kuwait, Renato Villa, has also been recalled.
The two nations are due to sign a MoU on the protection of overseas Filipino workers in June.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World
By Maecy Alviar,
Zamboanga City, Philippines: Kuwait on Wednesday declared the Philippine ambassador a persona non-grata and ordered him to leave the country in a week after embassy staff “rescued” Filipino domestic workers from their employers’ homes following reports of abuse.
Renato Villa confirmed his expulsion to local media but declined to comment further.
Citing the “undiplomatic acts” by Philippine embassy staff, Kuwait also recalled its ambassador to the Philippines, Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh, for consultations.
Kuwait decried a “flagrant and grave breach of rules and regulations that govern diplomatic action” by embassy staff who encouraged and helped Filipino workers flee their employers’ homes.
A video showing embassy officials rescuing Filipino domestic workers from Kuwaiti homes was released by the Philippine Foreign Affairs Department to local media last week as an update on the ongoing rescue of distressed Filipinos.
Regarding it as a violation of diplomatic norms and sovereignty, Kuwait summoned Villa at least three times.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano apologized Tuesday, saying “this was all done in the spirit of emergency action to protect Filipinos”.
“I apologize to my counterpart, and we apologize to the Kuwaiti government, Kuwaiti people and the leaders of Kuwait if they were offended by some actions taken by the Philippine embassy in Kuwait, but we have explained to their ambassador, and the ambassador has accepted this explanation,” Cayetano told reporters.
In a statement Thursday, the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs called Kuwait’s move deeply disturbing and inconsistent with assurances given by ambassador Saleh during a meeting last Tuesday.
“The Department will ask Ambassador Saleh to explain first thing tomorrow why the Kuwaiti Government reneged on the agreement reached with him to work together to move bilateral relations between the Philippines and Kuwait forward,” said the statement.
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