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In the 1960s and 1970s, Kuwait was the most developed country in the region. [160] [161] [162] Kuwait was first Middle East country to diversify its revenue away from oil exports, [163] establishing the Kuwait Investment Authority as the world's first sovereign wealth fund.
The partitioning negotiations commenced shortly after the rulers of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia met and decided, in October 1960, that the Neutral Zone should be divided. On 7 July 1965, the two governments signed an agreement (which took effect on 25 July 1966) to partition the Neutral Zone adjoining their respective territories.
Pages in category "1960s in Kuwait" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1961 in Kuwait;
Map of Kuwait. As one pretext for his invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saddam Hussein revived a long-standing Iraqi claim to the whole of Kuwait based on Ottoman Empire boundaries. The Ottoman Empire exercised a tenuous sovereignty over Kuwait in the late nineteenth century, but the area passed under British protection in 1899.
The Middle East was essential to the British Empire, so Germany and Italy worked to undermine British influence there. Hitler allied with the Muslim leader Amin al-Husseini—in exile since he participated in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine—as part of promoting Arab nationalism to destabilize regional British control.
Middle East in 1958: United Arab Republic (red), United Arab States (red and light-red), Arab Federation (green), British Kuwait (grass green), other British protectorates in South and East Arabia (light green) The union was interpreted by the other nations of the world as a major threat to Jordan.
Operation Vantage was a British military operation in 1961 to support the newly independent state of Kuwait against territorial claims by its neighbour, Iraq.The UK reacted to a call for protection from Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait, and air, sea and land forces were in place within days.
Kuwait: →. 1967; 1968; 1969 ... Decades: 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; See also: Other events of 1966 List of years in Kuwait Timeline of Kuwaiti history ...