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KUWAIT, March 4 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti Government will consider
recommendations tabled by the National Assembly regarding the situation in
Syria, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said Sunday.
"We appreciate the recommendations taken by the Assembly in its last
session, as they will be reviewed by the Government," Al-Jarallah told
reporters after attending a meeting of the Assembly's foreign affairs
committee earlier today.
"We listened to MPs 'valuable' comments, as well as ideas on the issue...
We would benefit from this discussion in our diplomatic action, either on
regional or international levels," he said.
Al-Jarallah asserted that the discussions were "clear and frank", hoping
for such meetings to continue "for Kuwait's best interests."
As for whether there were any reservations on the side of the Government on
the matter, he said "there was no notion tabled to be reserved over... Au
contraire, everyone interacted with what has been said."
On March 1, and before the Assembly's session to address the distressful
situation in Syria, Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled
Al-Sabah said that Kuwait has shown its adherence to its regional and
international obligations, always seeking peaceful resolutions to momentous
problems threatening world peace.
On the GCC-Russia meeting, he said "it has been postponed and the Russian
side was informed about it... GCC foreign ministers saw the meeting's timing
'inconvenient' due to their current appointments. A new date will be set after
contacts."
The second ministerial GCC-Russia meeting on strategic dialogue was due to
take place in Moscow. The first was hosted by Abu Dhabi in November 2011. (end)
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