Kuwait gives $180mn to Libyan rebels Publish Date: Monday,25 April, 2011, at 12:55 PM Doha Time
Kuwait yesterday gave 50mn dinars ($180mn) to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council (TNC), its chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said. "This amount will help us pay part of the salaries of employees," Jalil told reporters after talks with Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. "We are in need of urgent assistance." Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah said "Kuwait will provide large and urgent humanitarian aid through the national council." Sheikh Mohamed said Kuwait and the TNC "will work closely so that it becomes the legitimate channel of the Libyan people," but stopped short of officially recognising the council. The Kuwaiti foreign minister also said the emir informed Jalil that Kuwait fully complies with UN Security Council resolution 1973 which called for using all means necessary to protect Libyan civilians. Jalil, on his first visit to Kuwait, said the TNC welcomes any initiative that would lead to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his sons leaving the country, "but there is no initiative on the ground right now." ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
