Obama arrives in Kuwait, meets emir

Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:19pm EDT
 
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KUWAIT (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Kuwait on Sunday and met the Gulf Arab state's emir, the state news agency KUNA reported.

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah met with Obama, who had earlier visited Afghanistan during his overseas tour, the agency said.

He was expected to fly on to Iraq for meetings on Monday.

 

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