EU parliamentarians, diplomat praise Nabeela al Mulla's diplomatic

A number of Members of the European Parliament heaped praise on Kuwait's ambassador to Belgium, the EU and Luxembourg, Nabeela Al Mulla, who will be ending her tenure here soon, for her contribution in strengthening EU-Kuwait and also EU-GCC relations. The chair of the European Parliament's Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula, Angelika Niebler, said "Ambassador Nabeela is a wonderful person." "She is a very high ranking diplomat and everyone appreciated having contact with her. She is just great and we are all very sad that she is going to leave Brussels," Niebler told Kuwait news agency, KUNA, after a meeting of the Delegation here Tuesday evening. "She was always someone we contacted to get information. She was open. She was the very best representative of her region and her country. We wish her all the best," added the German Member of the European Parliament. Al-Mulla is also the Dean of the Arab Diplomatic Corps in Belgium. Greek MEP Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulo said "Nabeela is an exceptional personality. She is well known and very respected by the diplomatic community and by the political actors in the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU diplomatic service." "We will miss her but I hope she will be happy at home and very useful with the experience she had and the will she has for the development of Kuwait," Rodi, also a former vice president of the European Parliament, told KUNA. British MEP Ashley Fox said "Nabeela Al Mulla has been a long serving ambassador. She has been recalled. She is a good friend. It was good to talk to her and we enjoyed having her to brief us here today." Fox said he "wants the best possible relations with Kuwait and the GCC and it was very good to hear from your ambassador." On his part, John O'Rourke, head of division for the Arab Peninsula in the EU foreign service, EEAS, said "Ambassador Al Mulla is going to be much missed because she is a colourful person who is able to deliver very clearly her point of view without shying away from difficult issues. I appreciate her sense of humour and her warmth." "I appreciate the give-and- take we had with her and I think she has made a very good contribution to promotion of EU-GCC relations," he told KUNA