KUWAIT CITY (Xinhua) – A royal decree has been issued to reappoint Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Kuwait’s prime minister, reported the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). The Emiri decree, signed by Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said that Sheikh Ahmad is responsible for nominating new cabinet members and submitting their names, according to the report. This decree, issued about a week after the Kuwaiti emir accepted the previous government’s resignation, came one week before the convening of the newly elected National Assembly (parliament) on June 20.