Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 34

22-August-2005

KUWAIT

No Major Political Changes Imminent, Says Shaikh Sabah

Kuwaits Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has said, in an interview published in the daily al-Rai al-Aam on 17 August, that no major political changes in the country are imminent. He was responding to increasing speculation that a new cabinet might be formed, and that the role of some of the older members of the ruling family might change. But the prime minister...