Kuwait

Political relations

Kuwait remembers France’s contribution to its liberation in 1991 and its firmness on Iraq’s implementing Kuwait-related UN resolutions (acknowledgment of the border, payment of compensation, return of archives and remains of Kuwaiti soldiers) is appreciated.

Economic relations

Bilateral trade rose in 2018, producing a surplus for France of €154.9 million in the first half of the year (as against €111.3 million in 2017). This performance is largely explained by a strong rise in sales of aircraft and spacecraft (€109.6 million, representing 33.5% of total exports, as against only €1.5 million in the first half of 2017. Upcoming deliveries of 25 Airbus aircraft from 2019 to 2021 should support trade in the coming years. Outside the aerospace sector, the major export fields are textiles, chemicals, perfumes and cosmetics, industrial and agricultural machines and agrifood products.