Now, Kuwait gets ‘major non-NATO ally’ status

US has conferred ‘‘major non-NATO ally’’ status on Kuwait in a full honours ceremony at the Pentagon that praised the Gu...

US has conferred ‘‘major non-NATO ally’’ status on Kuwait in a full honours ceremony at the Pentagon that praised the Gulf state for its steadfast support for the US-led coalition in Iraq and the war on terrorism.

Rumsfeld recalled that US and British forces launched last year’s invasion of Iraq from Kuwait, more than a decade after US forces drove Iraq from Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf war.

‘‘Kuwait has been a strong friend of the US, a valued and dependable ally, a courageous partner in operation Iraqi freedom,’’ US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday. ‘‘So it is fitting that Kuwait be recognised as a major non-NATO ally, a designation enjoyed by just a handful of other nations,’’ he said.

Kuwait was represented by Deputy PM and Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarek Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. (PTI)

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