Yemen & Saudi Arabia Set Border Time-Table [Archives:2000/31/Local News]

Yemeni Interior Minister, Hussain M. Arab and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Naif expressed total agreement to work as one team in the process of implementing the Yemeni-Saudi border treaty. That came after meetings in Jeddah last Tuesday. The two ministers had agreed on a time-table and practical steps to implement the border treaty signed between the two countries last June. A military committee has set up a time table for the relocation of troops deployed by both countries along the border. As for the technical committee it has specified the terms under which a firm would be selected to demarcate the border. It is to be mentioned that the border accord covers 1,500 km in land and sea borders.

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