Day: June 30, 2023

1946 — Kuwait exports the first commercial cargo of crude oil aboard the British tanker, British Fusilier, from Al-Ahmadi port.

1968 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah has issued a law stipulating that the national banknote is the Kuwaiti dinar, comprising 1,000 fils. Currency issuance will be an exclusive right for the State. The law has also stipulated establishment of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), tasked with currency issuance, maintaining its stability and overseeing the national banking sector.

1980 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issues a decree-into-law for preserving the national fish wealth, allowing fishing in territorial waters, the regional sea and any other spot, according to a special decree.

1999 — Kuwait and China sign an agreement for establishing a Kuwaiti general consulate in Hong Kong after it becomes under China’s sovereignty.

2001 — Headquarters of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has been established in St. James’s region, Britain, comprising offices of all subsidiary companies.

2002 — The Kuwaiti Cabinet approves establishing the first private university, the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), at a capital of KD 10 million (USD 32 million) with a 1,500-student capacity.

2005 — US Georgetown University grants the Kuwaiti prime minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, an honorary doctorate in law for his great contributions to public services.

2010 — Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) loans Djibouti eight million dinars (USD 26 million) to finance construction of the 110-km-long road, Tadjourah-Balho, named after Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

2010 — Dr. Samira Omar, the director of food resources and marine sciences at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), has been elected the deputy chief executive officer at the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World and the representative of the Arab region in it.

2014 — The National Assembly (parliament) approves a bill for allocating pensions for public and private personnel 2015 — Playwright Mohammad Al-Reshoud dies at the age of 65.

2015 — The National Assembly blesses two bills for establishing the Public Sports Authority and the Public Youth Authority.

2020 — Regular work resumes at public institutions after the government declared an indefinite official holiday as of March 12, 2020, due to spread of the coronavirus (covid-19).

2021 — The first Kuwait satellite (Qamar Al-Kuwait) has been launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida (the US).

2022 — Kuwait Club wins the Asian handball tournament, beating the Bahraini team Al-Najmah (23-28), held in Hyderabad, India.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets his Austrian counterpart on bilateral ties.

CAIRO — The Arab League foreign ministers council denounces the burning of a Holy Quran copy in front of a mosque in Stockholm.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons Sweden Ambassador in protest against the permission for an extremist to burn copy of the Holy Quran in Stockholm.

ALGIERS — The Algerian government is following up with great concern the developments of the tragic death of an Algerian teenager in Paris

Source: Kuwait News Agency

The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad said Thursday the government is following up with great concern the developments of the tragic death of Nahel, a 17-year old Algerian teenager who was shot dead by a French policeman in Paris on Tuesday night.

The horrible incident shocked the Algerian government which always stands by its nationals abroad in difficult times, according to a press release from the Ministry.

The Ministry expressed sincere condolences to the bereaved family, adding that it is confident that the French government would shoulder its responsibility for ensuring the safety and security of Algerian expatriates and restore calm. The tragic incident triggered angry protests in several suburbs of Paris, particularly in Nanterre, over the last two nights while the policeman was remanded in custody pending questioning by prosecutors

Source: Kuwait News Agency

The Ministry of Human Rights condemned the continuation of the American, British and French policies targeting Yemeni human rights and deepening their suffering in all fields.

In a statement, a copy of which was received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the ministry denounced the politicization of humanitarian files by America, Britain and France in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration, warning of the repercussions of these positions on the reality of the worsening human suffering.

“we remind those countries and their regimes that pay lip service to their advocacy of human rights that all human rights are interdependent, whether they are civil, political, economic, social or cultural, “the ministry said.

The ministry held America, Britain and France responsible for what the Yemeni people are exposed to from the use of starvation as a tool of war and manipulation of humanitarian issues under false titles that resulted in casualties and disastrous statistics on civilians, health care, high rates of poverty and indirect death.

It explained that the Yemeni people had hoped that the United Nations would move towards ending the suffering of millions of Yemenis as a result of crimes and policies that burdened civilians and severely affected the most vulnerable groups of women and children.

Human Rights Ministry indicated that the statement of those countries blatantly transcends the tasks of the United Nations and its humanitarian charters and confuses cards and flips the facts, and presents these countries as sponsors of the blockade and a major actor in the exacerbating human suffering.

The statement stressed that it is not surprising that those who sponsored the military aggression and committed the most heinous crimes against civilians, especially women and children, should continue their crimes against civilians in all other fields.

It stressed that the payment of salaries of state employees, pensions of retirees, and social security allowances is one of the rights of the Yemeni people.

The statement also stressed that, based on the international religious and humanitarian covenants, the Yemenis exercised their legitimate right to protect and preserve their usurped rights after they were deprived of them, and were even used against them in committing the most heinous crimes.

The Ministry called on the United Nations, the international community, global human rights organizations, and all free people in the world to condemn the American, British, and French position, and to stand up for absent humanitarian principles.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf sent on Friday a cable of congratulations to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia Abdi Saeed Musa Ali on the occasion of his country’s National Day.

In the cable, Sharaf expressed his congratulations to Ali on the occasion of his country’s celebrations of the National Day.

Source: Yemen News Agency