PM Barzani participates in late Kuwaiti Emir’s funeral
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, along with a top Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation, on Monday arrived in Kuwait to express condolences on the passing of the Gulf country’s late Emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah.
The Prime Minister also expressed his gratitude for the cooperation and support of Kuwait in ensuring the security and stability of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, according to a statement from the KRG.
I’m in Kuwait to convey the condolences of the people of the Kurdistan Region.
— Masrour Barzani (@masrourbarzani) December 18, 2023
The late Emir HH Sheikh Nawaf was a force for peace and stability -mb. pic.twitter.com/0B8bPCVPfu
Barzani previously expressed his condolences in a social media post on Saturday.
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“It is with great sadness that we received news of the death of His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait," Prime Minister Barzani wrote.
Earlier, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani on Monday visited the Kuwait Consulate General in Erbil to extend his condolences over the passing of the monarch.
The Kuwaiti emir was admitted to hospital in late November, the court announced at the time, citing an “emergency health problem” without elaborating further on the condition.
The late ruler reportedly visited the US in March 2021 for medical checks.
Sheikh Nawaf was sworn in as Emir after his half-brother, the late Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, passed away in 2020.
Before his role as the country’s emir, Al-Sabah was Kuwait’s minister of defense from Jan. 1988 until the country’s liberation from Iraq after the conclusion of the Gulf War in 1991.
Editing by Dastan Muwaffaq