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Saudi Arabia and the border question

For more than 60 years Yemen and Saudi Arabia quarrelled over their largely undefined border. The dispute was eventually settled in 2000 by the Treaty of Jeddah.


Documents

The Treaty of Ta'if  
29 May 1934 (full text)

Saudi-Yemeni Memorandum of Understanding  
26 February 1995 (full text)

The Treaty of Jeddah  
12 June, 2000

London conference 
27 January, 2010 (final statement – full text)


Articles

Commentary on the Yemeni-Saudi border agreement  
June, 2000

Jeddah treaty did injustice to Yemen
by Tahir Ali Seif, Yemeni Member of Parliament [Yemen Times, 17 July, 2000]

Negotiating the Saudi-Yemeni international boundary
by Richard Schofield (British-Yemeni Society Journal, July 2000)

Plain tales from the sands  
Border relations with Saudi Arabia during the British occupation of southern Yemen
by Jim Ellis (British-Yemeni Society Journal, July 2000)

Yemen and stability in the Persian Gulf  
by Stephen C. Pelletiere, US Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, May 1996


Maps

Territorial claims in the border area
(British-Yemeni Society Journal, July 2000)

Overlapping territorial claims
(British-Yemeni Society Journal, July 2000)


News reports

Pawns of Gulf war live forgotten in Yemen camps. The Guardian, 7-Jan-93

Crisis over the border Middle East International, 29-Jan-95

Seeking to reassure? Middle East International, 17-Feb-95

Limited agreement Middle East International, 3-Mar-95

Breaking the ice Middle East International, 23-Jun-95

Border tensions Middle East International, 8-Aug-97

Row over Haramawt Middle East International, 12-Sep-97

Border deal nearer Middle East International, 26-Sep-97

Spate of kidnappings Middle East International, 7-Nov-97

Tensions with the Saudis Middle East International, 19-Dec-97

Border dispute flares Middle East International, 5-Jun-98

Border row with the Saudis Middle East International, 31-Jul-98

Trouble on the border Middle East International, 11-Feb-00

Reconciliations afoot? Middle East International, 25-Feb-00

Saudi border deal Middle East International, 16-Jun-00


Eritrea and the dispute over Hunaish

In December 1995, Eritrean forces seized a small island in the Red Sea which was claimed by Yemen. The dispute was eventually settled by international arbitration.

Clash over islands: Middle East International, 5 Jan 1996

French mediation: Middle East International, 2 Feb 1996

To the Security Council: Middle East International, 1 Mar 1996

Shuttle diplomacy: Middle East International, May 1996

Solution at hand: Middle East International, 24 May 1996

Findings of the arbitration court - 9 October, 1998

Favourable ruling: Middle East International, 16 October 1998

Eritrea-Yemen conflict (Canadian Forces College)

Yemen's claim to Hunaish 
Evidence from maps in the US Library of Congress (from the Ministry of Information website)

Yemen and the islands of the Red Sea  
(from Ministry of Information website)

The Eritrea/Yemen Arbitration 
Paper by Barbara Kwiatkowska, 2004

Documents on the international arbitration  
from the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Chart  
The international maritime boundary line


Yemen and Oman

Oman and Yemen: an historic re-encounter 
by Fred Halliday (British-Yemeni Society Journal, July 2000)


Yemen and the United States

Yemen and the US
Background to relations in the light of the USS Cole bombing

Comment on US-Yemeni relations  
Yemen Times, 13 Nov 2000

Friends in Washington
Yemen Gateway, December 1998

     

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Last revised on 06 August, 2015