VOL. XLVII

No 09

01-March-2004

BAHRAIN/QATAR

Bahrain/Qatar To Press Ahead With Causeway Plan And Gas/Electricity Cooperation

Bahrain and Qatar, at a meeting of the Joint Supreme Committee in Manama on 22 February, agreed to press ahead with a plan to link the two states by a causeway. A decision in principle to build the road link was taken four years ago (MEES, 28 February). But progress on this and other joint projects was delayed, pending the outcome of a ruling by the International Court of...