A man stands along a beach as tanker ships are seen in the waters of the Gulf of Oman off the coast of the eastern UAE emirate of Fujairah on June 15, 2019. / AFP / GIUSEPPE CACACE
Kuwait: Kuwait called on to take necessary measures to protect watercourses and to hold accountable those responsible for criminal acts in the Arabian Gulf, including attacks of ships and oil tankers.
Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Mansour Al Otaibi, in remarks to KUNA late on Saturday, said, “Kuwait had, in numerous occasions, strongly condemned those attacks.”
All UNSC members unanimously called the incident a criminal act and violation to international law, Al Otaibi told reporters following the Council’s consultations session on latest agendas regarding the attack in the Gulf of Oman last Friday.
“We would want to see thorough, impartial, and objective investigation to take place, and know who stands behind these actions,” he pointed out.
Last Thursday, explosions ripped through two oil tankers, Norwegian and Singaporean, in the Gulf of Oman.
