Kuwait has denied that it plans to host more US troops after the United States withdraws its forces from neighboring Iraq by the year-end deadline. 

On Sunday, Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah denied reports that an unspecified number of U.S .troops would be transferred to Kuwait after concluding their mission in Iraq, Kuwait's official news agency KUNA reported. 

U.S. officials said Wednesday that the government of U.S. President Barack Obama was weighing a plan to relocate around 4,000 soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait by the end of 2011. 

Sheikh Jaber said there was no plan to increase the U.S. forces in Kuwait as the number of U.S .military personnel in the Persian Gulf state was fixed in agreements between Kuwait City and Washington. 

He also said that Kuwait would not allow its territory to be used for “attacking any country in the region.” 

The U.S. already has around 23,000 soldiers in the oil-rich Persian Gulf state. 

Over one million Iraqis have been killed in the 2003-present U.S.-led war and occupation, according to the California-based Project Censored. 

There are about 39,500 American troops currently deployed in Iraq. Under a 2008-clinched bilateral security accord, known as the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), all the troops are required to leave the country by the end of this year. 

Washington has, however, successfully pressured Baghdad to agree with prolonged stay of a number of the forces, while insisting on non-prosecution of the remaining forces. 

Iraqi politicians have strongly resisted the prospect of immunity.