VOL. XLIII

No. 27

3-July-2000

SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN

Saudi Arabia And Yemen Ratify Border Treaty

Saudi Arabia and Yemen on 26 June ratified a border agreement which they had signed earlier in the month (MEES, 19 June). King Fahd of Saudi Arabia issued a Royal Decree to this effect, and President 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih of Yemen issued a new law. The treaty covers the maritime border in the Red Sea and the 1,200km land border running from the Red Sea coast to the two countries joint frontier with Oman...