Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 7/13/1998
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of July 13, 1998
- Kuwaiti readiness for rapprochement with Jordan
said that "continued contacts and positive developments between our two countries, coordinating stances in Arab and international circles would accelerate the process of strengthening our bilateral relations for joint cooperation." Kuwait-Jordan, Politics, 7/17/1998 - Kuwaiti crown prince to visit Iran
Official media sources said today that Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah will visit Tehran soon with the objective of strengthening relations between the two countries. Kuwait-Iran, Politics, 7/16/1998 - Kuwait confirms right to detain ship penetrating its regional waters
Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber said that its is his country's right to hold any ship that enters its territorial waters without authorization. Kuwait-Gulf, Politics, 7/15/1998 - US soldier dies in Kuwait
The US embassy in Kuwait said on Monday that one US soldier died on Sunday during his participation in military exercises in the Kuwaiti desert. The embassy said that preliminary reports stress that "the death is natural." Kuwait-USA, Military, 7/14/1998 - Kuwait, Maldives discuss military cooperation Kuwait-Maldives, Military, 7/13/1998
- Tankers dispute between Iraq and Kuwait
Iraq objected at the U.N and the Arab league on the Kuwaiti government's desire to selling five Iraqi tankers that were granted to Kuwait after the Gulf War. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 7/13/1998