CAIRO — The Egyptian Ministry of Manpower announced in an official statement Oct. 24 the dismissal of a senior official from his post and his referral for investigation, after he posted insulting statements to Kuwait on his personal Facebook page.

Assistant Minister of the Manpower Ministry Yasser Al-Sherbini posted comments on his page ridiculing the old age of the new Kuwaiti emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who is 83. Sherbini deleted his post after it stirred a social media buzz.

The Ministry of Manpower denounced Sherbini’s post as an offense against the state of Kuwait and its symbols. In a statement posted on its Facebook page Oct. 24, the ministry stressed that this incident has nothing to do with the Egyptian government, affirming the comments were made on a personal page. The ministry reiterated its keenness on the strong relationship between the Egyptian people and state and their Kuwaiti counterparts.

Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Egyptian ambassador to Kuwait, Tariq al-Qouni, on Oct. 23 against the backdrop of Sherbini’s comments.