Britain is deploying its ‌Rapid Sentry air defence system to Kuwait to help protect British and Kuwaiti interests in the Gulf, Prime ​Minister Keir Starmer's office said on Friday.

Axar.az informs, citing Reuters, Starmer discussed the deployment in a ​call with Kuwait's Crown Prince Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah ​on Friday morning, a Downing Street spokesperson said.

"The Prime Minister began by condemning the reckless overnight drone attack on ​a Kuwaiti oil refinery," the spokesperson noted.

He said the leaders discussed the deployment of the UK's air defence system - designed primarily to shoot down drones and other low-flying ​aerial threats - ​to Kuwait, ⁠which would protect Kuwaiti and British personnel and interests in the region, while ​avoiding escalation into a wider conflict.