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Kuwait's Ambassador to Myanmar, Essa Al-Shimali Mohammad Al-Moula Kuwait News Agency June 3, 2013 Kuwait's Ambassador to Myanmar, Essa Al-Shimali, said on Monday that the Kuwaiti leadership is deeply concerned and interested in follow up on the state of affairs of the Muslim minority in Myanmar. The ambassador recalled that the country was the first Arab and Islamic state to condemn violence against Muslims in Myanmar. Ambassador Al-Shimali was speaking to KUNA after a delegation of the Kuwaiti National Assembly concluded a visit to the country. "The Kuwaiti National Assembly was one of the first Arab and Islamic parliaments to visit Myanmar to discuss the issue with the Muslim minority and meet with officials of Islamic bodies," he said. The Kuwaiti delegation was headed by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman MP Saleh Ashour and included MPs Taher Failkawi and Salah Al-Ateeqi. "During the visit, the delegation discussed bilateral re...

Kuwaiti Shiite Muslim member of Parliament Saleh Ashour Gulf News: May 6, 2013 TEHRAN, May 6 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation partaking in an Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) meeting on Monday denounced the killing of Muslims in Myanmar. "We condemn and denounce the killing, slaying, intimidation and persecution of Muslims in Arakan region in Myanmar," the head of the delegation, MP Saleh Ashour addressed the APA meeting. He said a Kuwaiti parliamentary team would visit Myanmar by the end of this month in order to have a first-hand look at the violation of the political and human rights and conditions of Muslims in Myanmar. He highly commended a draft resolution on the fight against terrorism and foreign occupation, which he said ran compatible with the principles and goals of the APA charter, which supports the security, peace and stability of all world peoples in general and Asian peoples in particular. Ashour stressed the signific...