Bahrain's crown prince to visit Washington

The White House has announced that Bahrain's crown prince Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad al-Khaleifa will pay a visit to Washington on October 25th. News reports quoted the spokesman for the White House Ari Fleischer as saying in a statement that Sheikh Salman will hold talks on the close cooperation between the US and Bahrain.

However, in an interview with the " Financial Times" daily issued on Monday said the ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa expressed readiness to send soldiers to take part in the American military operations against Osama Bin Laden if Washington asks for that.