Speaker Nabih Berri on
Sunday told his Kuwaiti counterpart Jassem al-Kharafi during a phone
conversation that Lebanon is eager to end the abduction of Kuwaiti citizen
Issam al-Houti soon, Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA reported.
“All Lebanese security
agencies are on the highest state of alert to find the Kuwaiti citizen and
guarantee his immediate release,” al-Kharafi quoted Berri as saying.
“Lebanese people do not
forget the noble and supportive stances of the Kuwaiti leadership and people,”
he said, adding that the Lebanese government will not condone any action that
harms the special relations between the two countries.
Berri for his part noted
that he was following up on the efforts exerted by security agencies to release
al-Houti.
He also asked al-Kharafi
to convey his greetings to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and
Crown Prince Sheikh Nawwaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah.
Al-Kharafi thanked Berri
for “the great efforts and attention he and the Lebanese government are giving
to the issue, hoping the ordeal of the abducted citizen will end as soon as
possible,” said KUNA.
Al-Houti, 52, was seized at
gunpoint after his car was intercepted by unknown gunmen in the Bekaa Valley on
Saturday.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/51314
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