The European Union’s (EU) High Representative Federica Mogherini, Monday, was full of praise for Kuwait’s position to build bridges in the Gulf region. “I was yesterday in Kuwait. That is another country that has always expressed a very wise and rational position, always trying to build bridges and rebuild the unity in the region,” Mogherini told reporters ahead of an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
“I think there is enough wisdom and rationality in the Gulf to try and find a useful way forward. Finding a way of living together peacefully is not a sign of weakness, is a sign of rationality and looking at interests, first and foremost the security and economic interest of the region,” she stressed.
Mogherini, who also visited Iraq over the weekend, said, “I’ve seen in the region the awareness of the fact that an escalation is dangerous for everybody, no one excluded, that the risk of miscalculation is there.” “So I think there’s an interest today to focus on how to contain the risks, how to avoid a military escalation, or an escalation of any kind. And I believe that the regional conference in Iraq focusing on how to protect the good results that have been achieved in Iraq, for instance, which is a shared interest of all the countries in the region, could be a good starting point,” she added. On Sunday, Mogherini inaugurated the EU’s embassy in Kuwait.
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