Kuwait thanks India for safe evacuation of its citizens & medical supplies

New Delhi: Kuwait Ambassador to India H.E. Jassem Al Najem cxtendcd his gratitude and appreciation to the Indian government for the facilities provided to evacuate the Kuwaiti citizens stranded in India through Kuwait airways airlines.

The Ambassador also thanked the Indian government for sending a 15-member medical team and providing two tonns of medical equipment by special military aircraft, which reached Kuwait on last month as a humanitarian gesture to help fight the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. He appreciated the Indian government’s gesture to continue the supply of medicines, including Paracetamol tablets and food items to Kuwait.

The Ambassador highlighted the government’s efforts to evacuate all illegal workers, including Indian nationals who were granted general amnesty by Kuwaiti government. Kuwait is looking forward to work with the Indian government to implement its massive evacuation plan to bring back the Indians who are willing to come back voluntarily to India, in the backdrop of Corona virus pandemic and extraordinary situation the world is witnessing.

Earlier, the Ambassador in a press statement made to the Kuwait News Agency (KEEN A) on Saturday, lauded the historic relationship between Kuwait and India, and the two countries always seek to develop ties in political and economic domains. The two countries share many principles in their foreign policies, like respecting UN Charter and respecting sovereignty of nations. The Ambassador added that the joint committee mceting was scheduled in the first quarter of this year, but it had to be postponed. Kuwait and India, are working on a new date.

It is worth mention here that Prime  Minister Narendra Modi made  a telephonic conversation to his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait. Similarly, Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Dr Almed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah made a telephonic conversation with his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar to discuss the bilateral relations that bind the two countries in various fields. Kuwait and India traditionally enjoy friendly relations and both countries have led a healthy tradition of high level contacts and both are keen in enhancing these relations in all fields for the benefit ot both friendly nations.