ShareKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet has commended Saudi Arabia’s distinguished efforts and care for pilgrims, congratulating Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on this year’s successful hajj season. In a statement following its weekly meeting, the Cabinet also spoke highly of the proper organization, security measures, and medical services that enabled pilgrims to perform their rituals so smoothly and comfortably.
The great efforts of the Kuwaiti hajj mission, together with volunteers and medical staff, in providing all necessary services to Kuwaiti pilgrims were also appreciated. Locally, the ministers voiced thanks and appreciation for the response of the Ministry of Interior, General Fire Force, Ministry of Health, and Kuwait Municipality to the recent tragic fire that claimed the lives of scores of people.
Spearheaded by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah, the ensuing inspection campaign targeting violating buildings and facilities nationwide was greatly commended during the meeting. In this context, the efforts of Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and officials of other ministries and state bodies involved were also extolled during the weekly Cabinet meeting, presided over by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
Furthermore, the Cabinet applauded the humanitarian initiative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for handing out donations to the victims and airlifting their corpses to their homeland. In view of the power cutoff, Minister of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy and Minister of State for Housing Affairs Dr Mohammad Abdulaziz Bushehri kept the Cabinet up to date on the causes of the power outage affecting some parts of the country earlier in the day, citing high power consumption at peak hours. The minister reassured us that maintenance contracts and tenders for revamping the efficiency of power plants were approved on June 11. — KUNA
