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Envoy lauds Qatar’s support for safe return of Kuwaiti citizens

Published: 23 Apr 2020 - 08:46 am | Last Updated: 28 Dec 2021 - 11:39 am
Kuwait’s Ambassador to Qatar, Hafiz Mohammed Al Ajmi.

Kuwait’s Ambassador to Qatar, Hafiz Mohammed Al Ajmi.

Sidi Mohamed |  The Peninsula 

Ambassador of Kuwait to Qatar, H E Hafiz Mohammed Al Ajmi, has announced the return of 541 Kuwaiti citizens and their companions from Qatar to Kuwaiti through five flights.

H E the Ambassador Hafiz Mohammed Al Ajmi has praised the efforts of officials and relevant authorities in the State of Qatar for the support and facilitation in procedures needed for the safe return of Kuwaiti citizens.

“On this occasion, I extend my thanks to all officials and concerned authorities in the sisterly State of Qatar for the good cooperation, support, and comfort in all procedures for the return of Kuwaiti citizens.”

“Special thank to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs especially the Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Public Health as well as the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management, among others,” Ambassador said in a press statement.

He also said: “I would like to emphasise the keenness of the State of Kuwait to cooperate with Qatar to confront the coronavirus and the repercussions caused by the COVID-19 and to provide medical services, in the two countries, to contain the pandemic.”

The Ambassador also pointed out to a recent call between Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Amir of the State of Kuwait, H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, during which they discussed ways of strengthening brotherly relations between the two countries and reviewed the efforts made by the two countries in combating the coronavirus and ways of cooperation between them to limit its spread and prevent it.

 “I would like to make it clear that from the first day, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs assigned the embassy to provide all necessary assistance to every Kuwaiti citizen stuck abroad.” 

The embassy has formed a working group under my leadership with other diplomatic staffers as members. The team worked around the clock to communicate with citizens coming to Doha from around the world,”  the Ambassador said. 

H E the Ambassador added: “We provided them what they needed either related to accommodation by securing suitable accommodation in a hotel, necessary protective supplies including protection tools, masks, personal sanitisers etc.”