The Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Al-Mashaan hosted Mahajan during an official visit to discuss strengthening relations across multiple fields while exchanging assessments of recent regional and international developments. The two officials emphasized the value of sustained high-level dialogue in advancing shared interests. Kuwait and India have maintained regular diplomatic contacts in recent years to monitor progress on joint initiatives.
This discussion continues momentum from the seventh round of foreign office consultations that Mahajan co-chaired in New Delhi in August 2025, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs reported. Those talks evaluated steps taken after the leaders’ summit the previous year. Officials identified additional opportunities for structured collaboration at that time.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs noted that the countries elevated their ties to a strategic partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s December 2024 visit to Kuwait, the first by an Indian premier in 43 years. The leaders signed a memorandum to form the Joint Commission for Cooperation at foreign minister level. This framework replaced an earlier commission and added new working groups in trade, investment, education, science, security, agriculture and culture.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs document listed several working group sessions already completed under the new commission. The first investment cooperation group met virtually in September 2025, followed by trade and commerce talks in October 2025 and a culture session in December 2025. Security and counter-terrorism discussions occurred in New Delhi in February 2026, with agriculture and food security convening in July 2026.
Defense ties have progressed in parallel, with the Indian Ministry of Defence announcing the inaugural Joint Defense Committee meeting in New Delhi on August 28, 2026. Officials from both nations agreed to broaden cooperation in training, joint exercises, military medicine, staff talks, defense industry and research. The session implemented elements of the defense cooperation memorandum signed in 2024.
Kuwait supplies roughly 3 percent of India’s crude oil needs and remains a stable provider of energy, according to assessments from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Bilateral trade exceeded 10 billion dollars in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The relationship also features growing Kuwaiti investment in Indian markets and Indian company participation in Kuwaiti infrastructure projects.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs highlighted the role of the substantial Indian community in Kuwait in fostering social and economic bonds between the nations. Cultural programs, such as yoga events and Hindi-language broadcasts, have expanded in recent years. These people-to-people links complement the official mechanisms now in place.
