VOL. XLIII

No. 20

15-May-2000

SAUDI ARABIA/KUWAIT/IRAN

Saudi Arabia Protests To Iran Over Drilling In Disputed Waters

Saudi Arabia has protested to Iran four times since February about Iranian drilling activity in an offshore area between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia that is not yet delineated, the Arabic daily al-Hayat reported on 11 May. The first protest was delivered to the Iranian Ambassador in Riyadh on 8 February, and the other three were handed over later in February and in March. MEES learns...