VOL. XLI

No. 27

6-July-1998

QATAR/BAHRAIN

Qatar Criticizes Bahrain's Plan To Construct Causeway To Hawar Islands

The Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al Thani,issued a statement on 26 June criticizing a Bahraini plan to construct a causeway fromBahrain to the disputed Hawar Islands, which lie off the coast of Qatar. The QatariMinister's statement came after the publication of a press report on 24 June to the effectthat Bahrain had plans to link the Hawar...