Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 36

5-September-2005

KUWAIT

Kuwait Secures Irans Promise Of Swift Progress On Continental Shelf Talks

Kuwait has secured a promise from the new regime in Iran of swift progress towards the conclusion of long-running negotiations to delineate the continental shelf boundary between the two countries. This was revealed by Kuwaits Foreign Minister Shaikh Muhammad al-Sabah on 28 August after a brief visit to Tehran in which he delivered a letter from the Prime...