His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Kuwaiti Cabinet holds weekly session headed by the Prime Minister

21/09/2020

KUWAIT-- The Kuwaiti Cabinet held its weekly session on Monday at Sief Palace under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

The cabinet congratulated His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah after he was awarded a Legion of Merit, Chief Commander Degree by US President Donald Trump, noting that this prestigious award is in recognition of His Highness's pioneering role in strengthening the strategic cooperation and bilateral relations with the US.

After the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh stated the following: His Highness the Prime Minister briefed the cabinet at the outset of the meeting on the improvement of His Highness the Amir's health, expressing best wishes and hopes for His Highness's speedy recovery. Later, Minister of Health, Sheikh Dr. Bassel Al-Sabah, updated the cabinet on latest heath developments in the country in light of statistics and data related to the numbers of coronavirus cases of infection, recovery, deaths and those receiving treatment.

He pointed out that recovery rate has increased whereas fatalities and hospitalizations have went down.

The Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Saud Hilal Al-Harbi apprised the cabinet of a report on the results of the general secondary examinations for the academic year 2019-2020, which came in exceptional circumstances unprecedented due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The cabinet discussed the grilling motion request submitted by MPs Abdulakareem Al-Kandari and Al-Humaidi Al-Subaie against His Highness the Prime Minister.

On the national day of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which falls on next Wednesday, the cabinet extended its sincere congratulations to the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and his Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud and to the brotherly Saudi people.

The cabinet discussed the political affairs in light of the current developments in the political arena at the Arab and international levels, especially those related to the peace process in the region, stressing support for all efforts aimed at reaching a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue.

It reiterated Kuwait's stance calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, returning of Palestinian refugees, and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the pre-June 5, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.