VOL. XXXIX

No. 37

10-June-1996

QATAR

Qatar Rejects Bahraini Call To Drop Border Arbitration At ICJ

Qatar announced on 1 June that it has decided not to withdraw its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague concerning its long-standing border dispute with Bahrain, despite the latter's call two days earlier for the dispute to be settled through Saudi mediation. The Qatari announcement was in response to a statement by Bahrain's Crown Prince, Shaikh Hamad ibn 'Isa Al...