Kurdistan Region–Kuwait relations

Kurdistan Region–Kuwait relations

Kuwait

Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan Region–Kuwait relations are bilateral relations between the Kurdistan Region and Kuwait. While Kurdistan Region has no representation in Kuwait, the latter has a consulate general in Erbil, the capital city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, since 2015. Relations were described as a 'historic friendship' and 'brotherly in 2018, and as "deep-rooted" in 2022. Kuwait has substantial economic investments in the Kurdish region which amounted to over $2 billion in 2017.

Politically, Kuwait is interested in establishing close relations to Kurdistan, especially since it could fragment Iraq more, which would reduce the threat of a second invasion.