KUWAIT’S MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS SHEIKH DR. MOHAMMED SABAH AL-SALEM AL-SABAH ON TUESDAY HELD A MEETING WITH SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM WHO RE-AFFIRMED SYRIA’S SUPPORT FOR KUWAIT IN ITS JUST DEMAND THAT IRAQ MUST REVEAL DESTINY OF KUWAITI PRISONERS AND STOP MAKING THREATS TO THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY AND STABILITY.
KHADDAM WAS THE SECOND SENIOR SYRIAN OFFICIAL TO MEET SHEIKH MOHAMMED AFTER FOREIGN MINISTER FAROUK
SHEIKH MOHAMMED AND KHADDAM DISCUSSED IRAQ, MANY OTHER TOPICS, REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND BILATERAL TIES.
SHEIKH MOHAMMED PRAISED HONORARY STANDS OF SYRIA TOWARD KUWAIT NAMELY ITS SUPPORT DURING THE 1990 IRAQI AGGRESSION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR OF LIBERATION OF THE COUNTRY IN 1991.
HE UNDERLINED IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY SYRIA, WHICH NOW OCCUPIES A SEAT AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL, AT THE ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS, IN ENDING PLIGHT OF THE KUWAITI PRISONERS, HELD BY IRAQ SINCE 11 YEARS AGO.
THE SENIOR KUWAITI OFFICIAL ALSO UNDERSCORED THE GULF REGION’S NEED FOR STABILITY AND SECURITY, IRAQ’S HONORING OF OBLIGATIONS TO IMPLEMENT RELEVANT UN RESOLUTIONS AND REFRAINING FROM THREATS TO KUWAIT AND NEIGHBORS.
