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In June 2020, Kuwait was one of 53 countries backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations. [181] Georgia: 3 September 1992: Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 September 1992. Georgia has an embassy in Kuwait City. Kuwait is accredited to Georgia from its embassy in Yerevan, Armenia. India: 26 March 1962
The name of Kuwait is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water." [2] It has a population of 4.1 million and an area of 17,818 km 2. Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and Kuwait City serves as its political and economic capital.
Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy. [1] The King of Kuwait, a monarch from the Al Sabah ruling family , Kuwait is a parliamentary democracy.. the parliament appoints different cabinets, for different petitions.. concerning economy, peace and sharia law
Extensive corruption among Kuwait's high-level government officials is a serious problem resulting in tensions between the government and the public. [335] In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, Kuwait was ranked 60th out of 179 countries for corruption (least corrupt countries are at the top of the list).
(Reuters) -Kuwait formed a new cabinet headed by Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah, according to a royal decree issued Sunday. Emad al al-Atiqi, Anwar Ali al-Mudhaf and Abdullah Ali al-Yahya retained ...
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf [2] (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج العربية), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Kuwait on Wednesday formed a government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, the state news agency said, the country's first cabinet after the death ...
Like most other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait is an emirate; the emir is the head of state and the ruling Al Sabah family dominates the country's political system. Kuwait's official state religion is Islam, specifically the Maliki school of Sunni Islam. Kuwait is a high-income economy, backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves.