Ministerial visits from the UK to the Gulf

This file concerns the visits of UK ministers to the Gulf. It contains correspondence on:

• Schedules of ministerial visits, inward and outward, for 1984 and for 1985
• Visit to Dubai by the Trade Minister Paul Channon and his planned visit to Oman, Kuwait and the Yemen Arab Republic
• Proposed visit to the UAE, by Under-Secretary for Health Lord Glenarthur [Simon Arthur], a record of his talks with the Director of Dubai Medical Services Dr Juma Belhoul; personality notes on Kuwait's Minister of Social Affairs Hamad Isa Rujaib and the Counsellor (Commercial) Arthur Marshall
• Proposed visit to Kuwait by Lord Glenarthur; with personality notes, including on the UAE’s Minister of Health Hamad Abdul Rahman Al Midfa
• Visit to Oman by Lord Glenarthur; a record of his meetings with the Omani Minister of Health Dr Mubarak Al Khaduri and with medical staff including the Under-Secretary for Health Dr Saleem Bin Hamdan Al Alkhzamy
• Proposed visit to Kuwait and Bahrain by Transport Minister Lynda Chalker
• Proposed visit to the Gulf by the Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine
• Proposed visit to the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere by the Energy Secretary Peter Walker
• Proposed visit to the Gulf by the Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe
• Training of Omani medical staff in the UK
• Training of UAE doctors in the UK, including an article in the Khaleej Times
• Health and Lab Exhibition in Dubai in February 1985, including UAE press clippings
• Plans to develop the British Embassy premises in Kuwait
• Security of ministers travelling abroad