Lebanese Minister of Trade and Economy Amin Salam Saturday asserted on "positive intentions" of his remarks about Kuwait, saying that his country has been appreciating Kuwait throughout history.

This came in a news conference held by Salam to clarify his statement regarding rebuilding wheat silos at Beirut's port and call for Kuwait to help his country.

Salam reiterated that Lebanon is keen on the deep-rooted and historic relations with Kuwait.

He said in the statement that Kuwait could do that with a "stroke of a pen", indicating he meant by using this phrase as "normal Lebanese language colloquial phrase" that rebuilding the silos could be speedily implemented.

He elaborated that he did not mean by this phrase to "transgress the principles, and constitutional and legal mechanisms" in force by Kuwait or by Lebanon.

Salam noted that he wanted to clarify these matters properly as being minister of trade and economy, and head of food security committee in Lebanon.

He went on to say that his statement was a reply to some media and news questions on the anniversary of the explosion of Beirut's Port falls on August 4.

He stressed that he is aware of the matters and decisions in Kuwait that are taken in line with a constitutional and institutional process." Salam, finally, expressed his hope that brothers in Kuwait would accept his clarification.

Source: Kuwait News Agency