The Assistant Foreign Minister for Development and International Cooperation Ambassador Hamad Al-Mashaan met Sunday with the Ombudsman of the UN Sanctions Committee against the so-called Islamic State (IS).

In a press statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that meetings of the Former Chief Justice of Malaysia Richard Malanjum, who has been appointed as the new Ombudsperson for the UN Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, will include encounters with five citizens and illegal residents whose names are on the international wanted list, under the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions with efforts from the ministry.

These meetings come as a culmination of a series of interviews for members of the committee of the Ombudsman and members of his office, that will continue to next Thursday, so that names of the wanted people can be erased from the UN lists after approval and then put to UNSC for a vote, the statement added.

The committee prepared letters on behalf of the foreign affairs minister, addressed to the ministers of permanent and non-permanent members of the UNSC that include Kuwait’s efforts to remove the names of its citizens from the UN lists.

Source: Kuwait News Agency