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Kuwaiti government submits resignation to emir - media

FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah waits before speaking during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool

Kuwait's government on Monday submitted its resignation to the ruling emir, leading local newspapers Al Qabas and Al Rai reported.

The government has been locked in a standoff with opposition lawmakers who have insisted on questioning Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah in the elected parliament.

(Reporting by Aziz El Yaakoubi; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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