Kuwait reinforces ties with Nato, opens mission. Nato: We rejoice being together planning for future. Last updated: November 27, 2018 | 17:03. Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief. 2 MIN READ.

The centre in Kuwait City is based on the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) launched by NATO leaders in 2004 with the aim of improving security ties with the Middle East.

NATO has opened its first regional center in the Gulf region. Meanwhile, Kuwait's foreign minister is to make a rare visit to Iran to set up a "basis of dialogue" between Gulf Arab states and Tehran.

The allocation of a piece of land to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) in Kuwait is part of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) launched in 2004, a senior Kuwaiti official has said.

BRUSSELS, March 31 (KUNA) -- NATO Thursday stressed that the Kuwait-based NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Centre continues to play an active role in promoting practical cooperation ...

A number of NATO figures had already called for permanent bases in Eastern Europe amid Russia's war in Ukraine. In May, Poland's prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said a permanent base of allies ...

Dmitry Medvedev said Russia could strike NATO military bases in Romania and Poland if Ukraine keeps on using long-range weapons.