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SAUDI-KUWAITI MARITIME AGREEMENT HISTORICAL, CIVILIZATIONAL - MPS
RIYADH, JULY 6 (KUNA) -- TWO KUWAITI PARLIAMENTARIANS ASSERTED THE
IMPORTANCE OF SOLVING BORDER DISPUTES IN PEACEFUL MEANS AND CALLED FOR
AVOIDING A THIRD PARTY INTERVENTION, SAUDI PRESS SAID ON THURSDAY.
MOHAMMAD AL-SAGER AND AHMAD AL-SHURAIAN SAID THE AGREEMENT INDICATED THE
CIVILIZED POSITIONS OF SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT AND INDICATED THE HIGH LEVEL
WAY OF DEALING WITH ANY DISPUTE OR TENSION.
THESE STATEMENTS CAME FOLLWONG THE AGREEMENT OF MARITIME BORDER SIGNED BY
SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL AND KUWAITI FIRST DEPUTY PREMIER
AND FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH SABAH AL-AHMAD AL-SABAH ON THE SUBMERGED AREA
ADJACENT TO THE DIVIDED ZONE.
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN KUWAIT LAST SUNDAY WITH THE ATTENDENCE OF THE H.
H THE AMIR SHEIKH JABER AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH AND SAUDI CROWN PRINCE AND
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAH BIN ABDELAZIZ.
AL-SAGER, HEAD OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IN THE PARLIAMENT, POINTED
OUT THE SUITABLE TIMING OF THE SIGNING.
HE SAID IT CAME FOLLOWING CORDIAL AND BROTHERLY MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TWO
LEADERSHIPS.
AL-SAGER ALSO CALLED ON OTHER GULF AND ARAB COUNTRIES TO GET THE ADVANTAGE
OF THIS AGREEMENT TO SETTLE THEIR BORDER DISPUTES WITHOUT REFERING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN HAGUE.
FOR HIS PART, MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT AL-SHURAIAN SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE
AGREEMENT WAS NOT "NEW" FOR SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT.
THE AGREEMENT WILL BE POSITIVE FOR BOTH GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE IN BOTH
COUNTRIES AND WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE IN MAINTAINING THEIR RESOURCES, SETTTLEMENT
AND SECURITY. (END)
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