WASHINGTON: Kuwait Ambassador to the US Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah on Saturday affirmed Kuwait’s keenness on dispatching relief aid to the Palestinian people. The ambassador was speaking in a statement to KUNA during her participation in the annual ceremony of the American relief foundation Anera. Kuwait’s contributions to the foundation dates many years back, said the ambassador, indicating that the relief establishment allocates aid for the Palestinian people, the refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.

She emphasized that Kuwait’s support for the Palestinians and Lebanese would proceed and increase “under the current hard conditions.” For his part, the foundation chair Sean Carrol said in his keynote statement at the annual ceremony that the foundation was seeking to increase the relief allocations for Lebanon. He held the Zionist occupation responsible for hampering delivery of aid in Gaza. Kuwait has contributed to the foundation relief projects for many years to relieve the refugees in the West Bank, people in need in Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon. — KUNA