Kuwait will not dispatch its troops to Bahrain to help quell the anti-government protests in the country but it is making efforts to mediate in the disputes, an Arabic newspaper has reported.
"I will leave today (Wednesday) to Bahrain to hand over a letter from His Highness the Emir to his brother King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa," the daily al-Jarida quoted Kuwaiti Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah as saying on Thursday.
The report said that Kuwait is trying to take a mediating role to help resolve the conflicts instead of sending troops to crisis-hit Bahrain.
Since mid-February, thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain have poured into the streets, calling for an end to Al-Khalifa dynasty, which has ruled the country for almost two centuries.
On March 13, Bahrain's fellow members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar -- dispatched their armed forces to the Persian Gulf island at Manama's request to quell the countrywide protests.
More than 12 people have been martyred and more than 1,000 injured during the anti-government protests in troubled Bahrain, inspired by the recent revolutions and uprisings across the Arab world.
source : http://www.abna.ir/
