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Call to demarcate the maritime borders between Iraq and Kuwait in full
12/26/2024
The joint ministerial meeting between the Cooperation Council and the United States of America was held in New York, headed by Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, Chairman of the current session of the Ministerial Council of the Cooperation Council, and Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America, with the participation of the foreign ministers of the Cooperation Council countries, Jassim Al-Badawi, Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the States of the Gulf.
Regarding Iraq and Kuwait, the ministers affirmed, according to the ministerial statement, their joint commitment to the strategic partnership between the GCC and the United States, and to building on the achievements of previous ministerial meetings, including the last meeting held in Riyadh on April 29, 2024, to enhance consultation, coordination and cooperation in all fields.
The Ministers recalled their decisions taken at their meeting on September 18, 2023, and stressed the importance of Iraq’s commitment to Kuwait’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and respect for international agreements and United Nations resolutions, especially Security Council Resolution 833, regarding the demarcation of the borders between Kuwait and Iraq.
They called for the full demarcation of the maritime border between Kuwait and Iraq beyond border point 162, and called on the Iraqi government to ensure that the 2012 Kuwait-Iraq agreement regulating maritime navigation in Khor Abdullah remains in effect.
The Ministers expressed their support for Security Council Resolution 2732 (2024), which mandated the Secretary-General of the United Nations to facilitate progress towards resolving all outstanding issues between Iraq and Kuwait, including the return of all Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of Kuwaiti property and the national archives.
The Ministers noted the important role that the United Nations is currently and in the future playing in implementing Security Council Resolution 1284 and ensuring continued progress in resolving these issues, and called on Iraq to make every effort to reach a solution to all the issues concerned.
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