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Briefing of KUNA main news for Wednesday until 00:00 GMT

BRUSSELS - The European Union plans to open a diplomatic mission in Kuwait in 2019.

PARIS - The UN envoy expresses gratitude for Sweden and Kuwait for cohosting and facilitating the intra-Yemeni peace talks.

BEIRUT - Speaker of the Lebanese House of Deputies denounces Israeli claims of alleged tunnels across the southern borders as "utterly false."

GENEVA - The UN-brokered roundtable discussion on Western Sahara opens at the UN HQ in Geneva.

VIENNA - The OPEC-Non-OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee recommends reducing oil output.

WASHINGTON - The United States bids final farewell to its 41st president George H.W. Bush. (end) gb