DUBAI: Kuwait's crown prince received a call from the deputy head of the national guard reassuring him of the health of Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, state news agency KUNA reported on Thursday.
Sheikh Sabah, who has ruled Kuwait since 2006, arrived in the United States last week to complete medical treatment, and is in a stable condition, Kuwait's cabinet said on Monday.
Parliament speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim said on Sunday in a statement on the parliamentary Twitter account that the new of the emir's health was "very reassuring."
The emir's designated successor Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah temporarily took over some of the ruler's constitutional duties last Saturday.
(With Reuters)
