Date : 31/10/2001
TODAY IN KUWAIT'S HISTORY
KUWAIT, OCT 31 (KUNA) --
-- 1982: THE STATE OF KUWAIT ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH DJIBOUTI.
-- 1982: LAW NUMBER 58 WAS ISSUED, APPROVING THE JOINT ECONOMIC AGREEMENT
OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL STATES, SIGNED IN RIYADH ON NOVEMBER 11, 1981.
-- 1999: KHAITAN WITNESSED WIDE-SCALE RIOTS AFTER A PERSONAL QUARREL
BETWEEN AN EGYPTIAN AND A BENGALI. THE RIOTS LASTED FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE
SECURITY AUTHORITIES BROUGHT THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
-- 2000: KUWAIT AND CONGO SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS.
RK
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