KUWAIT: Iraq’s state airline will resume flights to Kuwait this week for the first time since former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded the Gulf oil state in 1990, Kuwait said yesterday, in a sign of improved bilateral ties.
Diplomatic relations improved last year after Kuwait and Iraq came to a settlement over Gulf War-era debts, and were bolstered by a series of bilateral visits involving Kuwait’s ruler and Iraq’s prime minister. Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait led to the 1991 Gulf War in which a US-led coalition forced Iraq out of Kuwait.
“Iraqi Airways (is) to resume flights to Kuwait from Saturday after 22 years of suspension,” state news agency Kuna said in an SMS alert.reuters
