KUWAIT, CONGO AGREES TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

KUWAIT, CONGO AGREES TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS PARIS, OCT 31 (KUNA) -- KUWAIT AND THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO SIGNED AN AGREEMENT HERE ON TUESDAY, ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE KUWAITI AMBASSADOR IN PARIS AHMAD AL-IBRAHIM, WHO IS ALSO A NON-RESIDENT AMBASSADOR TO SWITZERLAND AND THE VATICAN, AND THE AMBASSADOR OF CONGO IN PARIS, HENRI LOPES.
"THE AGREEMENT COMES WITHIN THE WISH OF THE TWO COUNTRIES TO PROMOTE FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND OTHER FIELDS," A JOINT STATEMENT SAID.
THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO REITERATED HIS COUNTRYS POSITION, CALLING ON IRAQ TO IMPLEMENT ALL U.N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS, FOREMOST THE RELEASE OF KUWAITI POWS AND MISSINGS AND THE RETURN OF ALL STOLEN PROPERTIES.
THE STATEMENT SAID THE AGREEMENT IS "BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTERS AS WELL AS ON THE NORMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW." (END) SA.MM.
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