Kuwait receives $3 billion compensation for environmental damage caused by Iraqi invasion
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Wednesday, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair announced that his country received $2.97 billion from the United Nations for the purpose of compensation for environmental damage caused by the Iraqi invasion of the country in 1990.
Kuwait News Agency quoted the minister as saying during the National Assembly session of the Parliament, that the environmental compensation funds were deposited at the General Authority for Investment (Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund).