Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 25

20-June-2005

regional

Final Touches To 1974 Saudi-UAE Border Accord Close To Completion

The final touches to a border agreement reached in 1974 between Saudi Arabia and the UAE are close to completion, according to the Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayif ibn Abd al-Aziz in remarks published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on 15 June. He was speaking in Jiddah after holding talks with UAE President Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan in Abu Dhabi. We...