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opposition leader starts tour of Kuwait, Saudi, Russia KUWAIT CITY, March 5 (AFP) - Lebanese opposition leader Walid Jumblatt arrived in Kuwait on Saturday for a three nation tour that will also take him to Saudi Arabia and Russia, sources said. Jumblatt arrived in the emirate at dawn on a trip organised by the office of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, diplomatic sources said. He was due to leave around midday (0900 GMT) for Saudi Arabia, the sources added, as the visit remained off-limits to the press. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed al-Sabah told reporters here last Wednesday that Jumblatt would be visiting the emirate but would not specify when or why. The minister also said Jumblatt would not be issuing any statements concerning Syria while in Kuwait. Jumblatt, a MP who had remained at his mountain home for security reasons since the February 14 assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, was expected to hold talks with officials during the tour, source close to him said in Lebanon. |
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