KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has protested to Saudi Arabia over derogatory remarksmade by a senior adviser to the Saudi royal court against one of itscabinet ministers.
Deputy foreign minister Khaled al-Jarallah told reporters that he conveyedthe Kuwaiti complaint to the Saudi ambassador in the country.
“We have expressed our regret and blame over the insult against (commerceminister) Khaled al-Roudhan, a minister who enjoys the full trust of all inKuwait,” he said.
The adviser, Turki al-Shaikh, who also heads the sports authority,described Roudhan as a “mercenary” in a Twitter post a few days ago.
The tweet came after Roudhan, who is also the minister of youth, visitedQatar last week to thank its emir for helping to lift an international banon Kuwaiti football.
Jarallah said the tweet could undermine the strong and fraternal bilateralties between the two Gulf Arab neighbours.
Saudi relations with Qatar are highly strained after Riyadh along withUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in June imposed a total blockadeagainst Doha.
The Saudi-led alliance accuses Qatar of supporting extremist groups, acharge Doha categorically denied.
Kuwait has been leading mediation efforts to resolve the dispute. AFP