VOL. XXXI

NO. 13

4-JANUARY-1988

QATAR-BAHRAIN

Qatar and Bahrain Agree to International Arbitration to Settle BorderDispute

The Saudi Council of Ministers announced on 21 December that both Qatar andBahrain have agreed to a Saudi proposal to settle their border dispute over thesovereignty of a number of islands lying between the two countries throughinternational arbitration, and that they would both accept the ruling of theInternational Court of Justice in the Hague as final and binding. Qatar and...