First Iraqi car enters Kuwait after 33 years

Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait, Al-Manhal Al-Safi, announced yesterday the entry of the first Iraqi car into Kuwait in more than 33 years.

This came ahead of the football match between the Iraqi and Kuwaiti national teams in the Asian qualifiers for the 2030 World Cup, scheduled to be held tomorrow.

Al-Safi said on his account on X that the car belongs to an Iraqi citizen who came to attend the match, and thanked Kuwait for the warm reception.

بعد انقطاع دام اكثر من ثلاثاً وثلاثين سنة دخلت أول سيارة عراقية إلى دولة الكويت الشقيقة عائدة إلى مواطنة عراقية وذلك لحضور مباراة كرة القدم بين منتخبي العراق والكويت الشقيقين 🇮🇶🇰🇼
شكراً #iraq #kuwait pic.twitter.com/MP2A36Do6o

— Ambassador Almanhal Alsafiالسفير المنهل الصافي (@AlsafiAlmanhal) September 7, 2024

Iraq’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Ahmed Al-Mubarqa, supervised the Iraqi car’s entry into Kuwait.

Al-Mubarqa had arrived in Kuwait on an official visit, where he met with the Kuwaiti ministers of information and culture and of state for youth affairs to discuss ways to enhance youth and sports relations between the two countries.

Kuwait allowed 5,000 Iraqi fans to enter the country to attend the match, according to the Iraqi ambassador.

Social media users circulated a video clip documenting the arrival of the first Iraqi car to Kuwait in more than 30 years, after the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in August 1990.

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