Blair in Kuwait on Saturday

A news bulletin by the British embassy in Kuwait said on Wednesday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Kuwait on Saturday where he will meet with the Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Crown Prince Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah and high-ranking Kuwaiti officials.

Blair will also visit a contingent of the British Royal Air Force which is composed of 12 Tornado planes at Ali al-Salem air base, in western Kuwait.

In London, the AFP reported that the spokesman for the British Foreign Ministry had dismissed the idea that Blair's visit to Kuwait will be a provocation to Baghdad following two weeks of joint US-British air strikes on Baghdad.