VOL. XLVII

No 03

19-January-2004

QATAR/KUWAIT/SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi-Qatar Diplomatic Freeze Continues To Block Qatar-Kuwait Gas Project

Despite efforts on the part of some Gulf states to mediate in the diplomatic row between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, relations remain strained a fact that is delaying progress in plans to export Qatari natural gas to Kuwait via a pipeline that would run through Saudi waters. Qatars Second Prime Minister and Energy Minister, Abd Allah al-Attiyah, said on 12 January after...