VOL. XXXV

NO. 38

22-JUNE-1992

Bahrain

Bahrain Submits to ICJ Rebuttal of Qatar Claims

Bahrain has submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at theHague a written rebuttal of the claims which were put forward by Qatar to theICJ in July 1991 in the long-standing dispute on the question of sovereigntyover a group of islands and reefs (principally the Hawar islands and the Fashtal-Dibal and the Qit'at Jaradah reefs) located between the two neighboringGulf states.

The ICJ may reportedly take...