Sheikh Saad spends recovery period in London

The Kuwaiti official news agency KUNA said on Wednesday that Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah had left Washington heading for London, where he will spend a recovery period after he completed his medical checkups.

The agency added that Sheikh Saad (69) underwent "routine medical tests" at a US naval hospital in Maryland, and the results were good

Sheikh Saad, who was appointed by Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah as crown prince in 1978, has presided over all Kuwaiti governments for 21 years.