VOL. XLIV

No. 28

9-July-2001

KUWAIT

Shaikh Sads Return To Kuwait Raises Prospect Of Continuing Power Vacuum

Kuwaits Prime Minister and Crown Prince Shaikh Sa'd 'Abd Allah al-Salim al-Sabah returned from the UK on 2 July after undergoing routine medical tests. On his arrival he thanked the Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister, Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, for deputizing for him, adding, pointedly, that he had returned to Kuwait with the purpose of getting down to work. There is...