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Spain and Kuwait established diplomatic relations shortly after the independence of Kuwait in 1961 and, by Decree 3500/1964, of October 29, the Spanish Embassy in Kuwait was created. Spain was one of 35 countries that participated in the international coalition that, under the mandate of the United Nations, contributed to the liberation of ...
This also has an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest, when these countries added to Spain, are turned the BIG 5. BIMSTEC, a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia around the Bay of Bengal to promote technological and economic co-operation, which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
After the end of the first Gulf War in 1991 Pakistani army engineers were involved in a programme of mine clearance in the country. [200] Kuwait was also the first country to send aid to isolated mountain villages in Kashmir after the quake of 2005, [201] also offering the largest amount of aid in the aftermath of the quake ($100m). [202] Qatar
The list of countries obtaining independence from Spain is a list of countries that broke away from Spain for independence, or occasionally incorporation into another country, as depicted in the map below. These processes came about at different periods and world regions starting in the 17th century (Portugal).
Kuwait, [a] officially the State of Kuwait, [b] is a country in West Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the tip of the Persian Gulf , bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south . [ 14 ]
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
This is a list of heritage NATO country codes. Up to and including the seventh edition of STANAG 1059, these were two-letter codes (digrams). The eighth edition, promulgated 19 February 2004, and effective 1 April 2004, replaced all codes with new ones based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
The Spanish armed forces are a professional force with a strength in 2017 of 121,900 active personnel and 4,770 reserve personnel. The country also has the 77,000 strong Civil Guard which comes under the control of the Ministry of defense in times of a national emergency. The Spanish defense budget is 5.71 billion euros (US$7.2 billion) a 1% ...