Cabinet forms committee to follow up Mubarak Al-Kabir Port project

The Kuwaiti Cabinet agreed Monday on a proposal to form a committee to follow up Mubarak Al-Kabir Port project. "The committee will be chaired by the representative of the Ministry of Public Works and will include representatives of all relevant state bodies," Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Health Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said following the weekly cabinet meeting, held Monday at Seif Palace under His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Sheikh Mohammad noted that the committee will report directly and on regular basis to the cabinet on the pace of achievement or problems facing the project. The cabinet also discussed the main issues on the National Assembly's agenda. In this regard, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah briefed the cabinet on the hearing session held by the foreign affairs committee at the Kuwait parliament and attended by him to discuss expected repercussions of a possible military action against Syria as well as Kuwaiti government's preparations for such a regional development. The cabinet also discussed the latest political developments in the Arab region and the world. Earlier, the ministers reviewed the letters addressed to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah from Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and former US president Bill Clinton. In his letter, President Suleiman tackled the strong ties between Lebanon and Kuwait. He also welcomed HH the Amir's invitation to attend the Arab-African Summit, to be held in Kuwait on November 8. Meanwhile, Ban invited HH the Amir to attend a UN meeting on African Sahel on September 26 in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly 68th session. In his letter, Clinton invited HH the Amir to participate in the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, slated for September 23. The Cabinet touched upon the anticipated meeting between HH the Amir and US President Barack Obama on Friday. The ministers highlighted the importance of the meeting in light of the major developments in the Arab region. They also extolled the continuous development and progress of Kuwait-American relations, wishing the meeting of the leaders of the two nations this weekly would take the relations to new heights.