Kuwait
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty discussed bilateral relations and regional developments with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in a Monday phone call.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty discussed regional developments and de-escalation efforts with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in a Sunday phone call.
Iran's Fars news agency said three people, including a two-year-old child, were killed in the attack on Qeshm Island.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held a Tuesday phone call with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, reiterating Egypt's strong condemnation of recent attacks targeting Kuwait.
Egypt has strongly condemned recent Iranian attacks targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, describing them as a flagrant violation of state sovereignty and a dangerous escalation that threatens regional security and stability in violation of international law and the UN Charter.
The Kuwaiti military announced that its air defenses were repelling hostile drone attacks following Iranian aggression.
Each round of US strikes has been met with Iranian retaliation targeting American military facilities across the Gulf. One recent attack killed three US service members in Jordan, while another US soldier was killed in Iraq during the controlled demolition of an Iranian drone.
Egypt has strongly condemned the attack on the Kuwaiti oil tanker Kifan as it transited the Strait of Hormuz, an incident that resulted in injuries to several crew members.
Egypt has strongly condemned an Iranian attack targeting a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity said the latest attack triggered a fire at some of the facility's installations, affecting a number of electricity generation units.
In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attacks constituted "a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of these countries and a dangerous escalation that threatens the security and stability of the Gulf region and further heightens regional tensions."
The Iranian attacks have prompted Bahrain and Kuwait to activate their air defenses as a fifth day of renewed hostilities further strained a preliminary Washington-Tehran agreement aimed at ending the war.
Egypt condemned repeated Iranian attacks targeting Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Jordan, labeling the aggression a direct violation of state sovereignty.
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Egyptians Abroad, Badr Abdelatty, held separate telephone calls on Friday with his regional counterparts: Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan; Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait; and Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain.
Iran suspended this rail service early on Thursday, according to Iranian state television, after US strikes reportedly targeted railway infrastructure in a new round of military operations against the Middle Eastern country.
Egypt strongly condemned Iran's Wednesday strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait, describing them as a flagrant violation of the two Gulf states' sovereignty and warning that the attacks mark an unacceptable escalation that threatens regional security and stability.
Bahrain and Kuwait, two Gulf countries which host major American military facilities, announced intercepting hostile projectiles overnight, shortly after the United States hit several Iranian targets in response to an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Maintaining the stability and security of the Gulf region remains an integral, inseparable part of wider Arab national security, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Kuwait declared in a Monday bilateral meeting.
EgyptAir announced that it will resume direct flights between Cairo and Kuwait starting Wednesday, June 17.
The Egyptian foreign ministry said the repeated attacks on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait constitutes a grave escalation that threatens regional security and stability and heightens tensions.
