In November 1964, during the visit to Moscow of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Finance, Industry and Oil of Kuwait, the first bilateral agreement on economic and technical cooperation was signed.
In November 1991, Emir of Kuwait Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah visited the USSR and met with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and RSFSR President Boris Yeltsin.
In November 1994, during the visit to Kuwait of Viktor Chernomyrdin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, a decision was made to set up an intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation. In 2008, the Russian-Kuwaiti Business Council was established.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Emir of Kuwait Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah met in Sochi on November 10, 2015.
Military-technical cooperation with Kuwait developed rapidly throughout the 1970s-1990s. Especially substantial deliveries of arms and military equipment were carried out in 1994-1997.
Rostec State Corporation has a representative office in Kuwait that ensures Rosoboronexport's interests.
