VOL. XLIV

No. 13

26-March-2001

SAUDI ARABIA/QATAR

Saudi Arabia And Qatar Sign Final Border Demarcation Accord

The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Prince Sa'ud al-Faisal and Shaikh Hamad bin Jasim Al Thani, on 21 March signed in Doha a final border agreement between the two countries, bringing to an end a dispute that had lasted for 35 years. An agreement delineating the 60km land/sea border was signed by senior military officials from the two states in June 1999 (MEES, 14 June...