KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chair the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA

KUWAIT: The cabinet has invited citizens and expatriates to participate in a grand festival slated on Friday for the opening the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. This came during a cabinet meeting held yesterday at the Amiri Airport under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

The cabinet highly commended the great and sincere efforts exerted mainly by the organizing committee and the Ministry of Interior for the inauguration of this giant sports edifice, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Electricity and Water Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said in a press statement following the meeting. The festival will be opened under the aegis of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, he added.

Anticorruption

Meanwhile, the cabinet has approved a draft law on the fight against corruption, and has sent it to His Highness the Amir ahead of referral to the National Assembly, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah said. Earlier in the day, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said that the government would present soon an anti-corruption draft law to the assembly.

Sincere efforts

During its meeting, the cabinet highly appreciated the sincere efforts by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and fellow leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) during the recent 36th GCC summit, voicing satisfaction with the summit's positive and fruitful outcome. In Riyadh, the leaders discussed all GCC-related topics, besides means of enhancing the blessed march of the bloc, in addition to the political, economic and social developments the region is experiencing, and the implications on the member states.

At the beginning of the meeting, the ministers were informed of the message from Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to His Highness the Amir inviting him to attend the international exhibition Expo 2017 in Astana, Sheikh Mohammad said.

COP21

Then His Highness the Prime Minister notified the cabinet on the outcome of the recent UN conference on climate (COP21) held in Paris. Kuwait has reiterated its keenness on curbing emissions at the global gathering.

In addition, His Highness the Premier apprised the meeting with the outcome of the recent visit to Kuwait by Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, during which the two sides discussed means of boosting bilateral ties in all fields, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah added.

The First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah apprised the cabinet of the outcome of his participation in the 3rd session of the Kuwait-Tunisia Joint Higher Commission recently held in Kuwait. The committee approved a host of resolutions and recommendations for fostering bilateral ties in all fields, and signed a host of agreements and MoUs.

Municipal elections

The cabinet also congratulated Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and the Saudi people on the successful municipal elections. Meanwhile, it offered condolence to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud over the killing of a Saudi colonel in Yemen early yesterday. Saudi Colonel Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Sahyan was killed in Yemen's city Taiz while doing his duty as part of the 'Operation Restoration of Hope; in the country. - KUNA