Kamp was to meet with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheik Al Hamad al Sabah, the officials said, adding that he would go Wednesday to the southern province of Al Muthanna where some 1,350 Dutch troops are stationed under British command.

The troops are to be withdrawn in mid-March.

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