(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BEIRUT, Sept 29 (KUNA) -- Lebanese National News Agency said Tuesday Kuwait, Arab and Islamic nations have lost a "humanitarian leader and an icon" with passing away of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The agency, in a statement, said the deceased has always backed Arab just causes foremost the Palestinian question, as well as his tireless efforts to solve conflicts specially the Gulf crisis.
"The late Amir had a political dynamism despite the sensitive location of the State of Kuwait in the Gulf region and surrounding powers. Kuwait's foreign policy was wise, balanced and unbiased," it said.
The late Amir, said the agency, promoted the State of Kuwait's political and economic status, and succeeded in being a "reliable" mediators at Arab and international levels.
The agency said Kuwait always supported Lebanon in war and peace, citing Kuwait's chairing an Arab League's six-member committee in 1988 to solve the Lebanese crisis to end the civil war.
It also highlighted Kuwait's political, moral and financial support to Lebanon during the 2006 Israeli war against Lebanon.
Most recently, it noted, Kuwait supported Lebanon following the August 4 massive blast at Beirut Port that killed at least 170 people and injured over 6,000 others. (end)
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