Pakistan and Kuwait have signed a Protocol Agreement 2026, significantly expanding their bilateral military cooperation under a Defence Cooperation Agreement originally concluded in 2023. The accord was formalised during a visit to Rawalpindi (Pakistan's garrison city and military headquarters) by a Kuwaiti delegation led by Defence Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Saleem Al-Sabah, who met both Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. Under the pact, Pakistan's armed forces will assist Kuwait in training, capacity building, and border management, reflecting a broader uptick in high-level contacts between the two countries as Kuwait seeks to widen its security partnerships amid continuing regional volatility.