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 by Staff Writers Kuwait City (AFP) Sept 9, 2018
Gulf Arab army chiefs, including Qatar's military commander, will meet with US Central Command officials for talks on defence cooperation this week, a Kuwaiti official said Sunday. Speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to brief the press, an official with Kuwait's defence ministry said army commanders of the Gulf states -- including boycott-hit Qatar -- would hold talks Monday in a scheduled meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council Supreme Military Committee in Kuwait City. In June 2017, powerhouses Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with Egypt and Bahrain, announced they were cutting ties with Qatar, accusing the emirate of ties to both Sunni Islamist extremists and Shiite Iran. Qatar denies the allegations. The 15-month Qatar boycott is the worst political crisis to hit the oil-rich Gulf. Kuwait has led mediation efforts in the crisis. The Gulf commanders will also meet representatives of the US Central Command and those of the Egyptian and Jordanian armies on Wednesday, the Kuwaiti official said. The meetings will come just over a week after Pentagon chief James Mattis and Centcom head General Joseph Votel held talks in the Gulf. State news agency KUNA has confirmed defence talks this week in Kuwait city. In July, Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid al-Jarallah said his country was considering US proposals for a strategic alliance in the Middle East to counter Iran's influence in the region.
Trump envoys to press India on Russian missiles, Iran oil New Delhi (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 US President Donald Trump's top two envoys were expected Thursday to press India not to buy Russian military equipment or Iranian oil, while seeking to bolster ties as China grows more assertive in the region. The "2+2" meeting in New Delhi of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis with counterparts Sushma Swaraj and Nirmala Sitharaman is the first of its kind. It follows Washington's designation in 2016 of India as a "major defence partner" as the US seeks to turn In ... read more
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