KUWAIT: His
Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan
Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and His Highness the
Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. He also hosted
President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Chief Judge of the Court of
Cassation and the Constitutional Court Yousef Jassem Al-Mutawaa.

Earlier, His
Highness the Amir received Minister of Finance, acting minister of oil, water
and electricity, Nayef Al-Hajraf, along with the visiting Bahraini Minister of
Finance and Economy, Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa. Separately, His
Highness hosted Hajraf, accompanied by oil and energy ministers of member
states of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC),
participating in OAPEC's 10th meeting, hosted by Kuwait. He also received the
acting Audit Bureau chairman, Adel Abdulaziz Al-Saraawi, accompanied by Chief
of the Turkish Court of Accounts Seyit Ahmet Bas. Minister of the Amiri Diwan
Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah attended the meetings.

Separately, His
Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at
Bayan Palace Ghanem, His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Deputy Premier and
Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime
Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. His Highness
also received Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Anas
Al-Saleh.

In other news,
His Highness the Amir on Saturday sent a cable to Saudi King Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al-Saud to extend condolences over the death of Prince Talal bin
Abdulaziz Al-Saud. In his cable, His Highness the Amir prayed to God Almighty
to bestow his mercy on the late prince and bring solace to his brother King
Salman and all the Saudi royal family. His Highness the Crown Prince and His
Highness the Prime Minister sent similar condolence cables to Saudi King Salman
bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

Meanwhile, First
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad
Al-Sabah sent yesterday a cable to Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Defense Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud offering sincere
condolences over demise of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. - KUNA