14 Dec, 2017
Kuwait to open an embassy in Ramallah
According to a report in today’s Al-Rai, the Arabic language Kuwaiti newspaper, Kuwait might open a “safara” i.e. an embassy in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Embassies are placed in capitals. The Palestinian capital, Arab states have been very publicly re-asserting of late, is in Jerusalem.
Sheikh Ahmed Al-Nasser, a senior Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry official whose photo (see above) accompanies the story ("Kuwaiti embassy in Ramallah?" by Khalid Al-Shuraqawi), reportedly said that Kuwait has