Bill in US House to revoke Pakistan’s Major Non-NATO Ally status

Subject : International Relations

Section : Msc

Concept :

A US Congressman has recently moved a Bill in the House of Representatives to revoke Pakistan’s designation as a major Non-NATO Ally.
The Bill says that for the country to keep the status, the US President must submit a certification to the Congress that Islamabad has met certain conditions.

Major non-NATO ally (MNNA)

Major non-NATO ally (MNNA) is a designation given by the United States to close allies that have strategic working relationships with the US Armed Forces but are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The MNNA status was first created in 1987.
The designation does not automatically include a mutual defense pact with US, but confers a variety of military and financial advantages that otherwise are not obtainable by non-NATO countries.
A major non-NATO ally is eligible for loans of material, supplies, or equipment for cooperative research, development, testing, or evaluation purposes.
They are also eligible as a location for US-owned War Reserve Stockpiles to be placed on its territory outside of US military facilities.
There are currently 18 major non-NATO allies, excluding Afghanistan, across 4 continents (10 in Asia, 3 in Africa, 3 in South America, and 2 in Oceania).
They are Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand and Tunisia.
Taiwan is treated as an MNNA, without formal designation as such.