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Pakistan, Kuwait Sign Protocol to Deepen Defence Cooperation
Pakistan and Kuwait agreed to work more closely on defence.
They signed a new agreement called the Protocol Agreement-2026.
Pakistan will help Kuwait with military training and building defence skills.
The countries will cooperate on managing borders and sharing intelligence.
They will also work together in defence technology, although no specific technologies were named.
The agreement includes cooperation involving aviation and airspace.
It adds to a defence agreement made in 2023.
Officials from both countries also discussed regional security and their military relationship.
Pakistan and Kuwait signed the Protocol Agreement-2026 to expand military cooperation.
The pact covers training, capacity building, border management, intelligence sharing and defence technology.
Pakistan’s armed forces will assist Kuwait in training, border management and other mutually agreed defence areas.
The agreement builds on the Defence Cooperation Agreement-2023, which Kuwait has ratified.
Officials also discussed aviation, airspace, regional security and bilateral defence relations.
- Who
- Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah signed the agreement. Kuwait’s Chief of General Staff, Lt Gen Khalid Al-Shriaan, was also part of the delegation.
- What
- Pakistan and Kuwait signed a protocol expanding cooperation in training, capacity building, border management, intelligence sharing and defence technology.
- Where
- The agreement was signed at Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence in Rawalpindi.
- When
- Thursday, August 28, 2026.
- Why
- Officials said the pact would broaden military collaboration and strengthen the countries’ strategic defence and security partnership.
Key facts
- Agreement
- Protocol Agreement-2026
- Existing framework
- Defence Cooperation Agreement-2023
- Main areas
- Training, capacity building, border management, intelligence sharing and defence technology
- Pakistan signatory
- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif
- Kuwait signatory
- Defence Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah
- Additional meeting
- The Kuwaiti delegation met Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
- Reported date
- August 28, 2026
Quotes
Kuwait Army
Kuwait’s Army, which published the statement on X
“During the meeting, they discussed the existing coordination between the armed forces of the two countries, opportunities to develop areas of joint cooperation, in addition to exchanging views on a number of topics related to bilateral relations, contributing to supporting and developing defense cooperation between the two friendly countries.”
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