Date : 24/01/2001
AMIRI DIWAN DENIES THAT THE STOLEN PICASSO PAINTING OWNED BY H.H. THE AMIR
KUWAIT, JAN 24 (KUNA) -- AN OFFICIAL SOURCE AT THE AMIRI DIWAN DENIED NEWS
AGENCY REPORTS THAT A PABLO PICASSO PAINTING HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM THE PALACE
OF HIS HIGHNESS THE AMIR OF KUWAIT, SHEIKH JABER AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH.
THE SOURCES SAID THAT THOSE REPORTS ARE FALSE AND THE CLAIMED PAINTING IS
NOT OWNED BY THE H.H. THE AMIR.
THE FRENCH NEWS AGENCY (AFP) QUOTED A REPORT FROM TURKEY'S ANATOLIAN NEWS
AGENCY ON TUESDAY ALLEGING THAT THE TURKISH POLICE HAD SEIZED A PICASSO
PAINTING IN THE SOUTH EAST OF TURKEY.
ACCORDING TO THE NEWS AGENCIES,THE PAINTING WAS FOUND IN THE FRAMEWORK OF
A CAMPAIGN HELD LAST YEAR, THAT LED TO FINDING FIVE PAINTINGS, OF WHICH ONE
WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN FRON THE PALACE OF H.H. THE AMIR DURING THE
IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT IN 1990. (END)
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