Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi has lauded Kuwait for its role in finding peaceful solutions to crisis plaguing the Arab world. He made the comment, in an interview with KUNA, on the eve of his visit to Kuwait.
“The State of Kuwait plays a leading role in using its good offices in finding peaceful solutions to the crisis inside the Arab region and beyond,” he affirmed.
On the bilateral ties, he said Tunisia and Kuwait maintain close relationship and fruitful cooperation in various fields, thanks to the keenness of both sides to take the relations to a new height.
At the behest of their leaders, both countries work diligently to strengthen their ties and realize the aspirations of their peoples, he pointed out. In early October 2020, President Kais Saied, of Tunisia, visited Kuwait and met the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to offer condolences over the demise of late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
During the summit meeting, both leaders stated a shared desire to open new horizons for cooperation and deepen the friendly ties, the minister recalled.
The relationship gained momentum through the decision of the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to provide a lifeline to Tunisia when it suffer severe shortage of medical supplies and oxygen in the peak of coronavirus outbreak in mid-July 2021.
We have mutual confidence enough to address all files candidly and transparently. “This coordination was thrown into sharp relief” when Kuwait handed over its non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council to Tunisia in late 2019.
“There had been a chain of indepth consultations four months earlier regarding the topics on the agenda of the Council,” he recalled, noting that the views of both countries proved to be identical on all issues.
The missions of both countries to the United Nations in New York prioritized the Palestine question and were able to foil the attempts of some parties to exclude this issue from the agenda of the UN Security Council, Jerandi revealed.
Kuwait stuck to its honorable stance and was able to establish the rule of debating the Palestine question at the Council on monthly” basis, and we have followed suit,” he stated.
Jerandi commended Kuwait’s efforts to achieve rapprochement among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries and address the Lebanese state of affairs.
Regarding the Arab consultative ministerial meeting, he expressed optimism about the event being chaired by Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Al-Nasser who took the initiative in convening the meeting.
Jerandi voiced hope that candid, constructive and transparent consultations will help find viable solutions to the issues of Palestine, Syria and Libya, as well as the Arab national security, the Arab relations to Asia and Africa.
He expected that the ministerial meeting will enhance the Arab solidarity ahead of the Arab Leaders’ Summit, due in Algeria in March, and the Arab-African Summit, due in Saudi Arabia in the following month.