VOL. XLIII

No. 31

30-July-2000

KUWAIT/IRAN

Kuwait And Iran Agree In Principle On Offshore Border Agreement And Gas Pipeline

Kuwaits Oil Minister, Shaikh Sa'ud Nasir al-Sabah, on 26 July said that agreement had been reached in principle with Iran on the demarcation of the offshore border between the two countries. Speaking after three days of talks in Tehran, Shaikh Sa'ud said: "There is no problem or dispute between Iran and Kuwait in regard to the demarcation of the continental shelf. We agreed...