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

KUWAIT - His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah returned to Kuwait on Wednesday after a private visit to Salzburg, Austria.

KUWAIT - The Kuwaiti private sector is a "strategic partner" and a "cornerstone" in all development plans, said Acting Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

ALGIERS - Algerian Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah signed a presidential decree inviting the electorate to elect a new president on Thursday, July 4, 2019.

DOHA - The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) deplored the United States' recognition of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as part of Israel's territory.

BRUSSELS - German Chancellor Angel Merkel called for "an open and constructive" discussion about the UK Prime Minister Theresa May's request for a Brexit extension.

WASHINGTON - Financial conditions have "tightened" since the October 2018 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) but remain "relatively accommodative," notably in the US, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. (end) ibi