Kerry to visit several countries including Kuwait

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to several countries later this week, including Kuwait on June 26, where he will meet with senior officials. State Department Spokesperson Jennifer Psaki announced in a statement here Wednesday Kerry's travel to Doha, New Delhi, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Amman, Jerusalem, and Bandar Seri Begawan from June 21 to July 2. The statement indicated that Kerry is scheduled to meet on June 22-23 in Doha with senior Qatari officials to discuss bilateral and regional issues. He will also participate in a meeting with the "London 11" foreign ministers "to discuss the situation in Syria, including support to the Syrian opposition and efforts to advance a political solution." Kerry will travel to New Delhi, from June 23-25, where he will chair the interagency delegation to the fourth annual U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue. He will also open the second annual U.S.-India Higher Education Dialogue, deliver a policy speech on bilateral and regional issues, and meet with young leaders and innovators at an event "highlighting U.S.-India cooperation on clean energy, climate change, science and technology, and poverty alleviation." Kerry is scheduled to visit Jeddah on June 25, where he will participate in meetings with senior Saudi officials, to discuss "a range of bilateral and regional issues." The U.S. top diplomat will visit Kuwait City on June 26, where he is scheduled "to meet with senior Kuwaiti officials to discuss the range of bilateral and regional issues." On June 27-29, Kerry will travel to Amman and Jerusalem "to hold meetings with Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian Authority officials on advancing Middle East peace." The final stop on Kerry's trip will be Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, where he is scheduled to participate in "several annual regional conferences" from June 30 to July 2. "While in Brunei, Secretary Kerry is scheduled to participate in other bilateral meetings with Bruneian officials, including with the Sultan of Brunei, on the margins of the ASEAN-related events," the statement added.