Kuwaiti cabinet handed its resignations to Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah, only a month after the government was formed and just days after legislators submitted a motion asking to question the premier over issues including the cabinet’s makeup.
Tuesday’s resignation of the cabinet – formed on December 14 – was expected after the move in Parliament earlier this month that posed the first political challenge for the new emir as the country faces its worst economic crisis in decades.
The prime minister had been due to be questioned at a parliamentary session on January 19.
Sheikh Sabah must submit the resignations to the OPEC member state’s ruler, Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, for approval, with three leading Kuwaiti newspapers reporting he was expected to do so.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and trade ties with Doha, and imposed a sea, land and air blockade on June 5, 2017 [File: Eric Piermont/AAir travel between Qatar and Saudi Arabia resumed on Monday, according to the countries’ airlines, a major step as the former rivals normalise ties under a landmark agreement signed in the first week of January.
Saudi Arabia and its allies the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt in June 2017 slapped a blockade on Qatar that included closing airspace to the country over claims it worked to support “terrorism” and was too close to Iran.
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11. January, 2021
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Ljubljana – Lawyer and former Information Commissioner Nataša Pirc Musar believes that the funding of the STA under the most recent coronavirus stimulus package does not have to be assessed by the European Commission because, as claimed by the government. STA’s funding does not constitute state aid nor is there an administrative relationship.
Pirc Musar told this to the STA Friday night, after the Government Communications Office (UKOM) said that the legislative provision passed on 29 December had made STA financing a direct and unconditional financial obligation in an amount “unilaterally determined by the STA in its financial plan”, raising the question of whether this is in compliance with EU sta
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Supreme Council, the highest GCC authority, praised the preparations made by the State of Qatar to host the 2022 Football World Cup and “reaffirmed its support for the State of Qatar in anything that leads to the success of the upcoming World Cup”
On January 5, 2021, at the 41st Summit of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the leaders signed the Al-Ula declaration (named after the Saudi city where the Summit took place) aimed towards ending the diplomatic rift with Qatar.
In a symbolic move, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signed the document alongside Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice-President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud Al-Said, and GCC’s Secretary General Nayef Falah Mub
Following the opening of the air, land and sea borders between the State of Qatar and the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a number of precautionary measures will be implemented on all arrivals from the Abu Samra border crossing.