Kuwait stands by countries to resolve conflicts: Minister

1 LocalSunday, February 18, 20182 Military vehicleaccident killswarrant officerKUWAIT: A staff warrant officer of the GroundForces was killed and another injured while onduty due to a military vehicle accident, KuwaitGeneral Staff announced Friday. The accidentkilled the driver of the military vehicle StaffWarrant Officer Rakan Hadlan of the 35thShaheed Armored Brigade, and injured his col-league Warrant Officer Malhan Nassar, theDefense Ministry s directorate of moral guid-ance and public relations said in a injured was transported immediately to Al-Jahra Hospital for necessary treatment, theministry said, adding that investigations arecurrently underway to uncover causes of theaccident.

2 KUNAMUNICH: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets with for-mer UN chief Kofi Annan and former UN envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. KUNAD eputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets with South Sudan sFirst Vice-President Taban 1961 MUNICH: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior MinisterSheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah said on Friday thatKuwait backs peace everywhere and stands by statesto resolve conflicts. Sheikh Khaled made the statementafter heading a delegation to the Munich SecurityConference, which kicked off earlier in the day.

3 SheikhKhaled Al-Jarrah affirmed that his participation in theconference is based on Kuwait s keenness to continuemaking mediation efforts to resolve differencesbetween countries diplomatically in order to avoid thearmed conflicts, and boost peace and security, mainly inthe Middle East elaborated that thiscomes within the frame-work of the directives ofHis Highness the AmirSheikh Sabah Al-AhmadAl-Jaber Al-Sabah in thisregard. He referred tothe Kuwaiti role playedto resolve the Yemenicrisis, saying that Kuwaithas hosted the intra-Yemeni peace talks formore than three months,and is ready to host thetalks until a final agreement is humanitarian field, the Minister stated that Kuwaithas hosted several conferences to back humanitarian situa-tion of Syrians.

4 Kuwait took part in two international con-ferences in London and Brussels. It spared no efforts tomeet needs of disastrous humanitarian situation of it is hosting the Kuwait International Conference forthe Reconstruction of Iraq (KICRI), he developmentHe noted that terrorist elements are mainly depend-ing on technological development in recruiting newindividuals and carrying out their attacks and plots. Asa result, cyber space has become a source of concernfor all and its effects are serious on security aspects,he explained, calling for setting up quickly a securityspace to combat terrorism, and drying up its intellec-tual and financial resources before confronting itsarmed cells.

5 He voiced his hope that the conferencewould contribute to enhancing coordination amongcountries to achievepreventive security,which is one of the mostprominent security , GermanDefense Minister Ursulavon der Leyen affirmedthe necessity of con-certed efforts in orderto address securitychallenges facing theworld. She noted thatmilitary action is notenough neither toresolve international crises nor settle armed and defense operations should be associat-ed with providing development aid to help poor coun-tries and protect their youth from extremism, shestressed. The German Minister underlined the need toback financially the international organizations like theUnited Nations to help them achieve their missions in agood manner.

6 For her part, French Defense MinisterFlorence Parly empathized her support for setting anindependent EU strategy so as to overcome new secu-rity challenges. She commended the European initia-tives aiming to boost cooperation among EU three-day event includes more than 30 heads ofstate and government, in addition to 100 defense andinterior ministers across the globe. It discusses meansof overcoming security challenges in the world, mainlycombating terrorism and conflicts in the Middle East,and the Ukrainian Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, NATOS ecretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Emir of QatarSheikh Tamim Al-Thani, European CommissionPresident Jean-Claude Juncker, British Prime MinisterTheresa May, Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirimand France s Prime Minister Edward Philippe areamong the attendees of the , Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held a meetingyesterday with President of the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

7 Peter Maurer onways of promoting and bolstering cooperationbetween the State of Kuwait and ICRC, and of pro-tecting the victims of armed conflicts. The Kuwaitiminister then met with European Union (EU) CounterTerrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove on how toprop up cooperation between Kuwait and EU in thefight against terrorism and , Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held a meet-ing with Prime Minister of the Kurdistan RegionalGovernment of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani. The two offi-cials discussed means of bilateral relations. ThenSheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held talks with former UNchief Kofi Annan and former UN envoy for SyriaLakhdar Brahimi on achieving peace and preservinghuman rights.

8 Finally, Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah held a meeting withSouth Sudan s First Vice-President Taban Gai in whichthey focused on enhancing bilateral ties. The MunichSecurity Conference kicked off on Friday, in the pres-ence of world leaders, premiers, and foreign anddefense ministers, with the aim of addressing securitychallenges. KUNAK uwait stands by countriesto resolve conflicts: MinisterSheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah participates in Munich Security ConferenceTechnologicaldevelopmentutiliz ed torecruit terroristsDeputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh KhaledAl-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets with European Union (EU)Counter Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de chief of staffoversees drill forenhancing coordinationKUWAIT: Kuwait Army Chief of Staff LieutenantGeneral Mohammad Al-Khuder has affirmed vitalneed for close coordination among the armed forcesvarious forces and squads.

9 The chief of staff made thestatement yesterday during a visit to the site of theongoing drill Al-Bairaq 7 involving units from theMinistry of Interior and the National Gen Khuder said he was briefed during theinspection of the exercising personnel by BrigadierGeneral Mohammad Al-Kandari, the drilling chief andthe chief of staff assistant for operations and plan-ning, about phases of the exercise, role of theinvolved units and the set goals; coordination, expert-ise swap and enhancing coordination among the armyunits and the involved squads. Yesterday s drills, dueto proceed till February 22, were attended by theCommander of the Ground Force Major GeneralKhaled Al-Saleh Al-Sabah and a number of seniorofficers.

10 The drill, which kicked off on Friday, is carried outperiodically to assess training and operation levels inall units, the Ministry s Directorate of Moral Guidanceand Public Relations quoted Kandari as saying. Thedrill also aims to preserve the implementation of mis-sions and duties of all military sectors, he added. Itseeks to boost joint cooperation and coordination aswell as share expertise among all army s units andsectors taking part in the drill, he noted. Kandaricalled on land and sea-goers not to approach the mil-itary camps and gatherings at the training areas onlyfor their safety.