Kuwait PM reaffirms support for security, stability in Iraq

Kuwait is willing to provide all needed support to establish security and stability in Iraq as " what ever happened in Iraq affects neighboring states," Kuwait News Agency report Sunday.

"Handing over authority to Iraqis had been our wish and we hope they would appreciate and live up to this responsibility of protecting their homeland's security and stability," Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was quoted as saying.

"We and all Iraq's neighbors are willing to lend a helping hand and contribute to all that might push towards security and stability," Sheikh Sabah added.

The premier also expressed optimism that "Iraqis would take over on schedule and that the Iraqi government would resume its responsibilities on time."

Asked to comment on the terrorist incidents and suicide bombings, he said "those who compromise security in Iraq realize that Iraqis would take over and there would no longer be foreign military presence in Iraq soon," in a reference to the pretext militants use to justify attacks and bombings.

Source: Xinhua