KUWAIT CITY, MAY 21, SPA -- GERMANY’S FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK WALTER STEINMEIR IS VISITING KUWAIT SUNDAY, THE FIRST STOP ON A TOUR OF THE SIX GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) NATIONS, THE KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY(KUNA) REPORTED. STEINMEIR ARRIVED IN KUWAIT CITY LATE SATURDAY AND WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTRY’S DIRECTOR OF EUROPE SHEIKH ALI ABDULLAH AL-SABAH. THE GERMAN MINISTER IS EXPECTED TO HOLD TALKS SUNDAY WITH OFFICIALS ON BILATERAL TIES, KUNA SAID. GERMAN PARLIAMENTARIANS AND BUSINESSMEN ARE ACCOMPANYING HIM. THE SIX-DAY TOUR WILL ALSO TAKE STEINMEIR TO SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN, QATAR, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND OMAN. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/362591