Cabinet approves amendments to statutes of acts 37/'14, 15/'07

KUWAIT, July 6 (KUNA) -- The cabinet has reviewed on Monday the recommendations of the legal affairs committee on the draft amendments to the executive statutes of Act No. 37 for 2014 and Act No. 15 for 2007.
During their weekly meeting at Seif Palace under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the cabinet members okayed the amendments to the statute of Act No. 37 for 2014 regarding the initiation of an information and communications technology agency, and the statute of the Act No. 15 for 2007 relating to the protection of competition.
The meeting also approved a memorandum of understanding on industrial cooperation between Kuwait and Sudan, a draft agreement on commercial and industrial cooperation with Egypt and a MoU on exhibition coordination with Egypt.
"The documents have been tendered to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for final endorsement," Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah told reporters following the meeting.
"At the beginning of the meeting, the cabinet members were apprised of the message to His Highness the Amir from Prime Minister of New Zealand John Phillip Key who expressed gratitude for the hospitality he and his party received during their recent visit to Kuwait.
"Prime Minister Key invited His Highness the Amir to visit New Zealand," Sheikh Mohammad pointed out.
"The First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah briefed the meeting on the outcomes of the recent visit to Kuwait by UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed," he revealed.
On his part, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah briefed the meeting on the outcomes of the extraordinary meeting of the GCC interior ministers, held recently in Kuwait.
The GCC ministers renewed condemnation of the terrorist bomb attack on Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque as well as any act of violence against innocent lives, deeming such acts as immoral violation of the values of noble Islam.
They praised the great efforts made by the Kuwaiti security services to track down the perpetrators of the attack, and lauded the sentiments of unity and solidary expressed by all walks of life in Kuwait in the wake of the attack.
The GCC interior ministers highlighted the need of joint action, information sharing and coordination among the security services of all GCC member states to protect the safety of the GCC communities in the face of terrorist menace.
The cabinet also discussed a range of regional and international issues, and denounced the recent terrorist attacks in North Sinai, Egypt. (end) gb