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Kuwait donates USD 50 mln to Libyan opposition
Politics 7/15/2011 7:36:00 PM
ISTANBUL, July 15 (KUNA) -- Kuwait has donated USD 50 million to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council (TNC), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Friday.
The amount is part of a larger USD 180 million sum that will go to the Benghazi-based Libyan TNC, which seeks a transitional democratic shift of power.
The donation was granted upon the directions of HH the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said in a speech given on his behalf, to attendees of the International Contact Group meeting on Libya, held in Istanbul.
The donation, which will be handed out to TNC's fund, comes according to Kuwait's "undeniable faith in the legitimacy of the demands of the Libyan people and according to its commitments to the international community," Kuwaiti Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Turkey, Ambassador Abdullah Al-Thuwaikh said, reading out the minister's speech.
"Kuwait is following the Libyan crisis apprehensively, and hopes today's meeting achieves a step forward," he added, applauding the Libyan council's commitment to fighting extremism and terrorism and its respect of human rights, international resolutions and the sovereignty of Libyan lands.
Sheikh Mohammad called on the meeting to hasten steps taken to solve the Libyan crisis, in a means which achieve the sovereignty of Libyan lands and the security of its people.
Separately, the minister extended his condolences to Turkey over the recent death of 13 of its soldiers in an ambush set by Kurd rebels in southern Turkey. (end) mm.sd KUNA 151936 Jul 11NNNN
ISTANBUL, July 15 (KUNA) -- Kuwait has donated USD 50 million to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council (TNC), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Friday.
The amount is part of a larger USD 180 million sum that will go to the Benghazi-based Libyan TNC, which seeks a transitional democratic shift of power.
The donation was granted upon the directions of HH the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said in a speech given on his behalf, to attendees of the International Contact Group meeting on Libya, held in Istanbul.
The donation, which will be handed out to TNC's fund, comes according to Kuwait's "undeniable faith in the legitimacy of the demands of the Libyan people and according to its commitments to the international community," Kuwaiti Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Turkey, Ambassador Abdullah Al-Thuwaikh said, reading out the minister's speech.
"Kuwait is following the Libyan crisis apprehensively, and hopes today's meeting achieves a step forward," he added, applauding the Libyan council's commitment to fighting extremism and terrorism and its respect of human rights, international resolutions and the sovereignty of Libyan lands.
Sheikh Mohammad called on the meeting to hasten steps taken to solve the Libyan crisis, in a means which achieve the sovereignty of Libyan lands and the security of its people.
Separately, the minister extended his condolences to Turkey over the recent death of 13 of its soldiers in an ambush set by Kurd rebels in southern Turkey. (end) mm.sd KUNA 151936 Jul 11NNNN
