Envoy: Kuwait Feeling No Threat from Iran

Kuwaiti Ambassador to Tehran Majdi Ahmad Al-Dhafiri in a meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati said Kuwait feels no threat from Iran, underlining the friendly relations between the two countries, AVA Diplomatic reports.

“The Kuwaitis are in consensus over friendly ties with Iran as we have felt no threat from Iran,” Al-Dhafiri said during the meeting.

He pointed to the landmark visit of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah to Tehran in May, and said, “I assure you that Kuwait’s political leader welcomes expansion of ties with Iran.”

Sheikh Sabah visited Iran in May which was his first visit to Tehran since his inauguration as the Persian Gulf state’s ruler in 2006.

Iran and Kuwait have sought to expand bilateral ties through exchanging several high-ranking delegations in the last few years.

The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak Hamad al-Sabah in a meeting in Kuwait City late October underlined expansion of ties and cooperation.

During the meeting in the Kuwaiti capital, Jannati and Sheikh al-Sabah underlined the need for the further expansion of bilateral ties between the two countries.

During the meeting, the Iranian culture and Islamic guidance minister said that Iran-Kuwait cooperation would help promote regional peace and stability in line with mutual interests.

Jannati pointed to the status quo of Iran-Kuwait relations, and said, “The expansion of cultural, academic, media and artistic cooperation will pave the way for development of collaboration in other fields.”

He reiterated that the Islamic Republic of Iran was ready to consolidate all-out ties with Kuwait.

Sheikh Jaber, for his part, expressed pleasure with his recent visit to Iran, and said, “The Kuwaiti government is willing to promote ties with Iran.”

The Iranian minister of culture and Islamic guidance paid an official visit to Kuwait last month at the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart to hold talks with the Arab country’s officials.