Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday condemned in strong terms a statement by Lebanese Economy and Commerce Minister Amin Salam for it portrayed insufficient undertanding as how decisions are made in the State of Kuwait regarding humanitarian aid.
Sheikh Salem said in a statement that Salam’s remarks contradicted simplest political norms, portraying insufficient understanding as how decisions are made in the State of Kuwait on Constitutional bases, including those concerning humanitarian grants and loans offered to sisterly and friendly States.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber added that minister Salam’s statement coincided with the third anniversary of the painful anniversary of the Beirut port bombing that inflicted a large number of casualties, destruction of vital government facilities namely the silos, construction of which had been funded by Kuwait in 1969 through a loan by Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.
Sheikh Salem stated further, “the State of Kuwait boasts a historic record of supporting sisterly and brotherly peoples and states, however it emphatically rejects any intervention in its decision making and domestic affairs.” Accordingly, he urged the Lebanese minister to withdraw the statement out of keenness on maintaining bilateral relations.
Source: Kuwait News Agency