Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen left Dhaka on Sunday morning for Kuwait carrying a special message from Bangladesh.

He left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00am, a airport source said.

The foreign minister, as a special envoy of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is likely to meet new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmad al Sabah to convey Prime Minister’s message to Emir congratulating him on his assumption of office apart from conveying condolences on the death of former Emir of Kuwait, said a diplomatic source.

Kuwait’s new ruler, Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmad al Sabah, took the oath of office in parliament, pledging to work for the Gulf Arab state’s prosperity and stability, a day after his predecessor, Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Sabah, died in the United States.

Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah breathed his last on Tuesday at the age of 91. The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah ruled his country for 14 years and acquired a reputation for being committed to peaceful dialogue and unity among other Gulf states known for their divisive quarrels in recent times.

Mild-mannered and valuing his personal links with others, Sabah was known as ‘the dean of Arab diplomacy.’

The foreign minister is scheduled to return home on October 6, said an official.

Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.