Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Signs Border Agreement With Qatar at

United Nations, March 20, SPA--The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar
on Thursday signed a border demarcation agreement at United Nations
headquarters in New York putting an international seal of approval on
a 1965 agreement between the Arabian Peninsula neighbors.

“This is the icing on the cake,” said Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to
the United Nations Khalid Al-Nafisee before the signing ceremony.
“We now have an internationally accepted document.”

The United Nations requires member states to register their maritime
border agreements. The agreement then becomes an official U.N.
document and is legally binding under international law.

The U.N.’s Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs joined
Ambassador Al-Nafisee and Qatari Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Nasser for
the signing ceremony.

In a statement put out by the Saudi U.N. Mission after the signing,
Ambassador Al-Nafisee “expressed his deep satisfaction over the
deposition of the Joint Minutes related the Land and Maritime Border
Delimitation Agreement,” which is the official name for the border
agreement.

“He extolled the fruitful cooperation between the two countries at
all levels, which reflects the aspirations of the two countries to
strengthen the friendly and brotherly love between the two
countries,” the statement added.
--SPA