KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah called Tuesday for comprehensive reforms in the oil-rich Gulf state, saying it was time to change old concepts.

"It is time to launch a new decisive phase and a major qualitative move aimed at achieving comprehensive reforms and complete development" programs, the ruler said at the opening of the parliament that was elected in July amid a bitter political crisis.

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