Kuwait's new Emir Nawwaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah holds a paper as he takes the oath of office at the parliament, in Kuwait City, Kuwait September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee
CAIRO – 2 October 2020: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday sent a cable of congratulations to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah after the latter took the constitutional oath as the country's new emir.
Sisi wished the new Kuwaiti emir success in carrying out his duties and expressed his full confidence in Sheikh Nawaf’s ability to achieve further prosperity and progress in Kuwait.
He expressed his keenness to work with Sheikh Nawaf to promote partnership and cooperation between Egypt and Kuwait in a way that meets the aspirations of peoples of both countries as well as the Arab and Islamic nations.
Sisi has arrived in Kuwait Thursday to personally offer condolences over the death of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber.
New Emir Sheikh Nawaf and members of the emir’s family as well as a number of high-level officials have received the president.
Meeting with Sheikh Nawaf, Sisi expressed appreciation to the late emir’s stances supporting Egyptian-Kuwaiti relations.
Sheikh Nawaf Al Jaber thanked Sisi for his visit, which comes as an extension of historic relations between the two countries and their peoples. He wished the Egyptian government and people peace, progress and prosperity.
Sisi had announced public mourning in Egypt for three days after the death of the emir.
The mourning started Tuesday and will end on Thursday, according to a statement by presidential spokesperson Bassam Rady.
"The Arab Republic of Egypt, in these painful circumstances, should remember with gratitude and appreciation the brotherly stances of Emir Sabah, and his outstanding fingerprints in the renaissance of Kuwait and the Arab and Islamic nations," said a presidency statement.
Sisi tweeted after the news "I mourn with great sadness and sorrow the death of the late Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, as the Arab and Islamic nation lost a precious leader, and I express sincere condolences to the sisterly State of Kuwait, government and people."
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