KUWAIT: Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah met Monday with a team tasked with arranging repatriation of Kuwaiti citizens back home, to discuss means of guaranteeing safety of nationals until their return, a foreign ministry statement said.

The meeting, attended by President of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr Helal Al-Sayer and Chairman of Kuwait Airways, touched upon completion of urgent measures to deal with latest developments related to the coronavirus, added the statement. They also discussed coordination among relevant state bodies for the repatriation of Kuwaiti citizens.

The meeting grouped representatives of the foreign, finance, interior, health and defense ministries, as well as Directorate General of Civil Aviation, KRCS, information technology agency and Kuwait Airways.

In other news, Sheikh Dr Ahmad Al-Sabah reaffirmed solidarity with Tunisia in efforts to curb spread of coronavirus. Sheikh Dr Ahmad, in a phone call he received from his Tunisian counterpart Nouruddine Erray, commended efforts and measures carried out by Tunis to containing the virus, a foreign ministry statement said.

Sheikh Dr Ahmad called on importance of international cooperation to confront this cross-border pandemic which was posing a common threat to mankind. Erray, said the statement, thanked the State of Kuwait for its support for the Tunisian efforts. - KUNA