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"Women will not be allowed to enter Kuwait unless accompanied by their husbands"

"Sheikh Jaber Al-Khaled, the Minister of Interior [of Kuwait], said that the decision to grant visit visas to residents in GCC countries would not make Kuwait easily accessible to prostitutes. Kuwait will remain a clean country, reported Al-Rai. He also emphasized that visas would be limited to people 'holding high profile jobs and visiting Kuwait for business,' he said.

" 'Women will not be allowed to enter Kuwait unless accompanied by their husbands or arriving for official business with a major company,' he reassured. [...]"

Source: Kuwait Times (Kuwait), June 22, 2008



Posted at: 2008-06-23
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