VOL. XLI

No. 32

10-August-1998

YEMEN / SAUDI ARABIA

Yemeni President May Seek Arbitration In Border Dispute With Saudi Arabia

Yemeni President 'Ali 'Abd Allah Salih announced on 2 August that he may resort tointernational arbitration to resolve his country's long-standing border dispute with SaudiArabia which escalated last month to armed clashes on the islet of al-Duwaima in the RedSea. The dispute was temporarily defused with the signing of a protocol between the twocountries during a visit...