Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 43

24-October-2005

KUWAIT

Continental Shelf Talks With Iran Set For December

A delegation from Kuwaits Energy Ministry will travel to Iran in early December to join a Kuwaiti-Iranian committee chaired by Foreign Minister Shaikh Muhammad al-Sabah to discuss the disputed continental shelf between the two countries, al-Qabasreported on 9 October. Earlier this year, Kuwait secured a promise from the new regime in Iran of swift progress towards the conclusion...