Kuwait always keen on bridging views, seeking Arab consensus - Al-Mulla

NEW YORK, April 24 (KUNA) -- Kuwait is always keen on bringing views closer among brotherly nations and seeks to encourage consensus in the Arab world under the leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said an ex-Kuwaiti diplomat Thursday.
Former Kuwaiti ambassador Nabila Al-Mulla made the remarks while attending a panel discussion organized by Harvard Kennedy School, in response to an invitation by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Member and former US assistant secretary of state Nicholas Burns.
Al-Mulla said that "Kuwait's role was not because it is chairing the GCC council or the Arab League", but that it was because "Kuwait was and will always work to maintain and exert efforts in this regard." "We cannot, as Arabs, be strong during consultations with others if we were to be divided, we must be strong and united", therefore, she said, Kuwaiti policies have always called for reconciliation and "to abandon what divides us." In this regard, the former ambassador hoped that the recent Palestinian reconciliation decision would lead to resolving all existing problems, reiterating Kuwait's support of the Arab Spring revolutions in nations like Tunisia and Egypt, and Kuwait keenness to support "positive things" in Arab societies.
Seperatly, she told KUNA that Harvard Kennedy School praised Kuwaiti support of the Middle East Initiative, and the state-run Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences for its programs.
The former diplomat noted that her participation was based on coordination between Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences and Kuwait's Program at Harvard Kennedy School.
The Kuwait Program at Harvard Kennedy School's Middle East Initiative serves leaders and decision-makers of various institutions in Kuwait and the Gulf through unique opportunities for cooperation on advance research, teaching, training and outreach on critical issues of importance to itself and the Gulf region. (end) sj.mb