VOL. XLIII

No. 25

19-June-2000

KUWAIT

Kuwait Says Maritime Border Difference With Saudi Arabia Needs Political Solution

Kuwaits Foreign Minister Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said on 12 June that a political solution was needed to end differences with Saudi Arabia over the offshore Neutral Zone, which has not yet been delineated. Crown Prince 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz was due to hold talks on the issue in Kuwait on 17 June. Shaikh Sabah said the issue was political, not technical. "There are...