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- Kuwait has given legal approval to a security cooperation agreement with Pakistan, which was signed on June 11, 2023.
- The 12-article pact creates a framework for cooperation in military training, intelligence sharing, logistics, security technology and research, and sets up a joint military committee meeting annually, though unlike Pakistan's September 2025 pact with Saudi Arabia it contains no mutual defence guarantee.
- Analysts see it as part of Gulf states diversifying security partnerships amid reduced confidence in American guarantees, with Pakistan gaining economically through oil, investment, jobs and foreign exchange.
- India, which has roughly $100 billion in trade with the Gulf and has agreed to begin free trade talks with the GCC, will need to watch these developments, particularly around sea lanes in the Arabian Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.
What to watch next
- Whether Pakistan's role in Kuwaiti security and intelligence institutions expands beyond military cooperation
- The first meeting of the joint Pakistan-Kuwait military committee
- Implementation of the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact, including Pakistani troop deployments
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