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KUWAIT, July 8 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah stressed the need for
Iraq to complete its implementation of UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions
as the sole exit out of the Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
The Kuwaiti position was made during a telephone conversation between
Sheikh Mohammad and US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
Clinton had made the call to express gratitude over Kuwait's facilitation
of the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.
Other issues pertaining to regional and international affairs were also
discussed, including the urgent need for the resumption of the Middle East
peace process and giving the Palestinians their legitimate rights,
particularly an independent state of full sovereignty according to the borders
of June 1967.
The two sides also discussed the political crisis in Yemen, pledging their
commitment to the GCC-though up initiative as the means through which the
country can find a way out of its predicament.
On Libya, the two officials noted the need to provide the opposition
interim Libyan council assistance and support, highlighting the meeting of the
International Contact Group on Libya due in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 15, as a
platform for proposals in support of the Libyan people.
NATO is commanding a military air operation that enforces the
implementation of no-fly zone over Libya, as sanctioned by UNSC resolution
1973. (end)
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