11.   In addition to meeting government leaders, the Kuwaiti leader will have an audience with Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.

12.   British Defence Secretary Michael Portillo said on Saturday he urged Kuwaiti leaders to buy missiles from Britain to equip their recently purchased French-made patrol boats.

13.   The UN secretary general is expected late Tuesday in Kuwait for talks with Kuwaiti leaders.

14.   US Defense Secretary William Perry visited Kuwait on Sunday for talks with Kuwaiti leaders on the US military build-up in the region.

15.   Kuwait gave the green light to the deployment Monday, a day after Perry visited Kuwaiti leaders to discuss US moves in the Gulf.

16.   Kuwaiti leader Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah can pardon those sentenced or commute the death penalties into prison sentences.

17.   Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Pusuvalyuk arrived here on Friday for talks with Kuwaiti leaders on bilateral relations, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.

18.   Secretary of State Warren Christopher said meanwhile that he would visit Kuwait in the coming days during his Middle East trip, and reaffirmed US support to Kuwaiti leaders.

19.   The Kuwaiti leader, on a four-nation tour of Asia, arrived in Bangkok from China.

20.   The Kuwaiti leader was to meet Abdel Meguid on Tuesday before heading for Syria on the last leg of a foreign tour.