Kuwait City - Kuwait’s overall security situation is stable, under control, and unaffected by the ongoing protests in southern Iraq, the Kuwaiti Army announced.
The incidents that are currently taking place near Kuwait’s northern borders with Iraq are interior affairs of a neighboring country, the army said in a press statement.
The recent actions carried out by the Kuwaiti army in cooperation with security bodies in the country are merely precautionary measures, added the statement.
The Chief of the General Staff of Kuwait’s Army Lt-Gen Mohammad Al-Khudher, accompanied by a number of military and security leaders in the country, inspected the northern area to check on the Kuwaiti forces and the precautionary procedures, it noted.
Tens of protesters demonstrated at the Safwan border crossing with Kuwait as well as at the entrance to the Majnoon oilfield, one of the largest in the country which lies 40 km north of Basra, local security sources said.
The Kuwaiti foreign ministry also said the situation in the northern borders of Kuwait is totally under control with no incident occurring because of the protests in Iraq.
Kuwait is closely following the situation and developments in Iraq, said a foreign ministry source in a statement, adding that Kuwaitis were confident that their brethren in Iraq would find a way to resolve their issues and bring stability back to their country.
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