(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Sept 9 (KUNA) -- Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan said on Sunday that the efforts of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to lead charity and humanitarian work made Kuwait proud.
This came in Al-Roudhan's statement to KUNA on the fourth anniversary of the UN honoring of His Highness the Amir as "Humanitarian Leader" and the State of Kuwait as "International Humanitarian Center".
The honoring of the UN reflected Kuwait's long history of humanitarian and relief aid work which officially began in the 1960s and was present prior to that.
Back then and even now, His Highness maintained his humanitarian ethos through numerous posts he assumed and Sheikh Sabah made it a cornerstone of Kuwait's foreign policy during his current rule, he pointed out.
Kuwait, under the leadership of His Highness the Amir, led campaigns of organized humanitarian intervention to stop the deteriorating situations in several countries that has been subjected to wars and disasters.
His policy is an embodiment of balance, wisdom, unconditional assistance and non-interference in the affairs of other countries, he stressed.
Al-Roudhan said that he was proud of the honorable roles of His Highness the Amir in leading the renaissance of the country as well as the humanitarian action of Kuwait worldwide. (end) md.fh.lr
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