VOL. XXXVII

NO. 44

1-AUGUST-1994

Qatar/Bahrain

Qatar And Bahrain Agree To Talks On Territorial Dispute

Qatar announced on 18 July that it has accepted a Bahraini proposal to holdtalks on the territorial dispute between the two countries prior to the 30November hearings scheduled to be held by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)at the Hague to review the claims of the two states. On 1 July the ICJ issued aruling that it had the jurisdiction to rule on the long-standing borderdispute...