Pak Sahafat – The US State Department on Wednesday night announced the allocation of $ 1 billion to design and build the headquarters of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense and sell the necessary equipment to the country.
According to Pak Sahafat News agency, Reuters, the US Department of Defense’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency, informed Congress yesterday about the allocation of the budget to Kuwait.
The US Department of Defense said: Agreeing to this budget will allow an American employer or the US government to manage and oversee the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense’s construction project and related equipment for seven years.
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser al-Muhammad al-Sabah said during a visit to Washington in early February that the United States was a “good partner and friend” to Kuwait.
Al-Sabah also announced that he was interested in meeting again with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for the sixth round of strategic talks in Kuwait.
The Pentagon added that no companies or contractors have been identified for the $ 1 billion project.
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Under US law, contracts for the sale of military equipment or the provision of military aid to foreign countries must be notified to Congress so that it can be enforced without the consent of lawmakers.
US-Kuwaiti military relations
In 2021, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Department of State has agreed to sell heavy military equipment to Kuwait for $ 445 million.
The deal includes the sale of 517 armored vehicles for the transfer of troops and trucks carrying heavy military equipment for the Kuwaiti military.
Also in 2020, it announced its agreement in principle with a $ 4 billion and $ 400 million arms deal with Kuwait.
The deal included the sale of eight Apache helicopters and spare parts for the Patriot defense system.
Kuwait has been very serious about its defense since the Gulf War, and over the past decade, the United States has sold more than $ 6 billion in military equipment. In addition, Kuwait pays a large portion of the financial costs of the US military presence in the country.
The United States currently has two air bases in Kuwait, Ali al-Salem and Ahmad al-Jaber.