BODY OF SHEIKH SABAH RO RETURN FROM US ON WEDNESDAY

  • 30/09/2020

The body of the late Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah, will arrive in the country on Wednesday, a day after he died in the United States.Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Sabah was named the new Emir by Cabinet shortly after the passing of Sheikh Sabah. He will need to head to parliament to take the oath of office in order for his new position to become official. The swearing-in is expected to take place on Wednesday.

State-run Kuna news agency reported that Sheikh Sabah’s body was being returned from America on Wednesday.The emir died in the US, where had been receiving treatment at the Mayo Clinic hospital in Minnesota since July following surgery in Kuwait earlier in the month.A Kuwait government Airbus A340 jet left the state’s Rochester International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.

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