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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.
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.
The two countries exchanged complaints that their respective naval vessels had harassed the other's shipping in disputed waters. [1] In 1996, Bahrain boycotted the GCC summit hosted in Qatar, claiming that the last summit held in Qatar in 1990 was used as a platform to reiterate their territorial claims to the other GCC states.
Kuwait, [a] officially the State of Kuwait, [b] is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. [14]
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
Kuwait was the first country in the world to use desalination to supply water for large-scale domestic use. The history of desalination in Kuwait dates back to 1951 when the first distillation plant was commissioned. [28] Kuwait's fresh water resources are limited to groundwater, desalinated seawater, and treated wastewater effluents. [28]
The judiciary in Kuwait is not independent of the government, the Emir appoints all the judges and many judges are foreign nationals from Egypt.In each administrative district of Kuwait, there is a Summary Court (also called Courts of First Instance which are composed of one or more divisions, like a Traffic Court or an Administrative Court); then there is Court of Appeals; Cassation Court ...