Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen will participate in the state program organized by the Kuwaiti government over the death of Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Monday evening (Kuwait time).
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Momen, who is leading a three-member Bangladesh delegation, left Dhaka for Kuwait on Monday morning by a Kuwait Airways flight to convey condolences on behalf of the government and people of Bangladesh over the death of Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Ambassador of Kuwait to Bangladesh Faisal Mutlaq Al Adwani saw the foreign minister off at the VIP lounge of the airport.
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The foreign minister is scheduled to return to Dhaka on December 19.
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah died on Saturday after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying to resolve the tiny, oil-rich nation’s internal political disputes. He was 86.
The Kuwaiti cabinet on Saturday named Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as Amir, pursuant to the provisions of the Kuwaiti Constitution.