VOL. XLIII

No. 25

19-June-2000

OMAN

Oman And Pakistan Sign Maritime Border Agreement

Oman and Pakistan on 12 June signed an agreement delineating their 270km maritime border. The signatories in Muscat were Omans Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin 'Alawi and his Pakistani counterpart Abdul Sattar. The Omani minister said the accord would "resolve many problems concerning fishing zones and marine resources and allow us to exploit our riches. We have had no problem drawing the maritime line on...