Kuwait Parliament passes bill allowing foreigners to join its army

Kuwait’s National Assembly or Parliament on Tuesday passed a draft bill allowing “stateless people” to draft in the army.

کد خبر: ۷۷۴۱۳۸

تاریخ: ۲۵ بهمن ۱۳۹۶ - ۰۹:۰۴

Official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said 44 lawmakers voted in favour of the bill, five lawmakers opposed it and one member abstained.

Article 1 of the bill states the army may temporarily accept non-Kuwaitis to draft through the secondment or contracting, upon conditions contained in a decree issued within three months from the date of implementing this law.