{"id":33225,"date":"2019-02-25T22:23:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T22:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=33225"},"modified":"2019-02-25T22:23:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T22:23:01","slug":"libyas-noc-chairman-in-uae-to-discuss-sharara-oilfield-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=33225","title":{"rendered":"Libya\u2019s NOC chairman in UAE to discuss Sharara oilfield crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"77.3124689518\">\n<p>\nCAIRO: Kuwait celebrated on Monday its national day, marking the anniversary of its 58th Independence and its 28th Liberation Days.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe National Day commemorates the creation of Kuwait as a nation in 1961, while Liberation Day marks the end of the Iraqi occupation in 1991 during the Gulf War.<\/p>\n<p>\nNation-wide festivities including firework displays and epic public entertainment activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nThe day also marks the 13th anniversary of Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah\u2019s assumption to power, as he he took to the throne in 2006.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nSince independence, Kuwait adopted balanced national and foreign policies aimed at maintaining the wellbeing of its people and bolstering ties of cooperation with its regional neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nIts Gulf neighbor, the UAE, celebrated the occasion by presenting a giant sand portrait of the Kuwaiti emir that could be visible from space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nThe portrait titled \u2018Prince of Humanity\u2019 covers an area of more than 170,000 square feet, and has been registered to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt was captured in a video shared on Twitter by Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" readability=\"6.10149253731\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062d\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a \u0648\u0623\u0647\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a \u0645\u062d\u0641\u0648\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0623\u0631\u0636\u0646\u0627 .. \u0648\u0645\u062d\u0641\u0648\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0642\u0644\u0648\u0628\u0646\u0627 .. \u0648\u0645\u062d\u0641\u0648\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e\u0646\u0627&#8230; \u0643\u0644 \u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0648\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0628\u0629 .. \u0648\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0647\u0627 \u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0639\u0632\u0629 \u0648\u0631\u0641\u0639\u0629 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BeFLvjx6sI\">pic.twitter.com\/BeFLvjx6sI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HHShkMohd\/status\/1098601256191492096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nSaudi Arabia\u2019s General Authority of Civil Aviation also marked the occasion, by holding a series of events at its various airport terminals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nUpon arrival to the Kingdom, passengers coming from Kuwait were greeted with roses, national flags of the two countries, and souvenirs in honor of the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\nA welcome statement was displayed on large screens inside the terminals of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nSimilar gestures were made at other Saudi airports as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIRO: Kuwait celebrated on Monday its national day, marking the anniversary of its 58th Independence and its 28th Liberation Days. The National Day commemorates the creation of Kuwait as a nation in 1961, while Liberation Day marks the end of the Iraqi occupation in 1991 during the Gulf War. 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