In the capital Ankara, Turkish Chief of General Staff General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu received Kuwaiti Air Force Commander Major General Fahd Falah Al-Kharaynej, who is visiting Türkiye at the head of a military delegation at the official invitation of Turkish Air Force Commander General Rıfat Dalkıran.
Türkiye’s General Staff said the meeting took place on 11 November in the presence of General Dalkıran. The Turkish Ministry of National Defense said Al-Kharaynej and his accompanying delegation visited the Turkish Air Force headquarters the same day, where they received a military welcome ceremony and held an expanded meeting attended by officers from both countries.
The Kuwaiti air force commander also visited ASELSAN’s facilities in Ankara, where he was received by the company’s general manager, Ahmet Akyol. The meeting covered the advanced technological solutions developed by the company in air defense, surveillance and communications, as well as existing and potential opportunities for cooperation between the two sides.

The visit comes amid growing defense cooperation between Türkiye and Kuwait. In 2023, Kuwait signed a $367 million contract with Turkish company Baykar to purchase Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles.