KUWAIT, April 4 (Reuters) - Kuwait will increase its public debt ceiling to 20 billion dinars ($65.62 billion) from 10 billion and increase the maximum maturity of the bonds it can issue to 30 years from 10, the minister of finance told reporters on Tuesday.

The government also plans to introduce sukuk as one of its available debt instruments, finance minister Anas al-Saleh said.

Kuwait sold $8 billion of five- and 10-year bonds in March, its first international bond sale. Gulf neighbours including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman, have successfully sold longer-dated debt over the past few months.

($1 = 0.3048 Kuwaiti dinars)

(Reporting by Ahmed Hagagy and Hadeel al Sayegh; Writing by Davide Barbuscia; Editing by Catherine Evans) ((Davide.Barbuscia@thomsonreuters.com;))