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SAUDI ARABIA

Updated 17 June 2009

Legislation

 Royal Decree No. 33 of 16 February 1958
 Royal Decree No. M-27 of 7 September 1968

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Bahrain

 Frontier agreement (with map), 22 February 1958 (entry into force: 22 February 1958; registration #: 30248; registration date: 9 September 1993; link to UNTS)

with Iran (Islamic Republic of)

 Agreement concerning the sovereignty over the islands of Al-'Arabiyah and Farsi and the delimitation of the boundary line separating submarine areas between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran (with exchanges of letters, map and English translation), 24 October 1968 (entry into force: 29 January 1969; registration #:  9976; registration date:  27 October 1969; link to UNTS)

with Kuwait

 Agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait concerning the submerged area adjacent to the divided zone, 2 July 2000 (entry into force: 31 January 2001; registration #:  37359; registration date: 29 March 2001; link to UNTS)

with Qatar

 Agreement on the delimitation of the offshore and land boundaries between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, 4 December 1965 (entry into force: 31 May 1971; registration #: 30249; registration date: 9 September 1993; link to UNTS)
Minutes of meeting concerning land border demarcation and maritime border designation between Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Dawhat Salwa, 21 March 2001 (Registration Number : I - 30249; link to UNTS)
Joint Minutes on the land and maritime boundaries to the Agreement of 4 December 1965 between the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the delimitation of the offshore and land boundaries, 5 July 2008  (Registration Number : I - 30249; link to UNTS)

with Yemen

 International Border Treaty between the Republic of Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 12 June 2000 (entry into force: 4 July 2000)

Additional relevant material

United Arab Emirates: Note dated 16 June 2009 concerning Joint Minutes on the land and maritime boundaries to the Agreement of 4 December 1965 between the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the delimitation of the offshore and land boundaries, 5 July 2008
 

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