Cabinet concerned over JASTA

KUWAIT, Oct 5 (KUNA) -- Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said on Wednesday the cabinet monitors, with much interest and concern, US Congress' rejection of US President Barack Obama's veto against Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA).
He said in a statement to KUNA that the cabinet sees that JASTA is a source of extreme worry to the international community, where the rules of relations among the States have been established by the laws that are based on the principles of equality and sovereign immunity.
He quoted the cabinet as stressing that the adoption of laws that violate such principles in breach of international law would negatively affect all world countries, including the US, and undermine international efforts and cooperation against terrorism.
The cabinet finally hoped that US Congress would rethink about this law in order to preclude its serious ramifications.
JASTA was passed by U.S. Congress last week. It creates an exception to the sovereign immunity law introduced in 1976, allowing Americans to sue foreign countries for acts of terrorism that kill Americans on US soil. (end) jy.abd.mt