Kuwait has expressed condemnation of what it called “historical fabrications” made by the British Broadcasting Corporation in an Arabic program broadcast on the anniversary of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990.
In the program, BBC alleged that up until 1920, Kuwait was part of Iraq.
But the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information issued a statement on Thursday, rebuffing BBC’s “fabrications and allegations” on the country’s sovereignty.
The ministry “regretted” that BBC presenter Rania Al-Attar’s program “Trending” had fabricated allegations about Kuwait’s historic sovereignty, and “violated professional rules, distorting historic facts.”
“Such false claims and serious mistakes are utterly unacceptable, especially when this comes from an international media outlet, which is supposed to observe professional criteria, and to clarify, not distort, facts,” said the statement.
It drew question marks on the timing of such claims, which coincided with the 28th anniversary of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
The ministry said it “has the right to pursue any entity or institution that deliberately commits this historic distortion” of facts.
