The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial Council has urged Iraq to complete the demarcation of maritime borders with Kuwait, expressing its "strong rejection of any violation that affects the sovereignty of Kuwait." The Council convened today, Thursday, in its 157th session at the headquarters, chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman, Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood al-Busaidi, with the participation of the foreign ministers of the GCC states and the Secretary-General of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council, Jasem Muhammad Al-Badawi.
The Ministerial Council emphasized "the importance of Iraq's commitment to the sovereignty of Kuwait and not violating international resolutions and agreements, especially UN Security Council Resolution 833 concerning the demarcation of borders between the two countries, and the agreement regulating maritime navigation in Khawr Abdullah, concluded between the two countries and deposited with the United Nations."
It called on Iraq to "complete the demarcation of maritime borders with Kuwait, beyond marker 162," stating its "strong rejection of any violation that affects the sovereignty of Kuwait, and retaining its right to respond through legal channels." The Council also clarified that "the ownership of natural resources in the submerged area adjacent to the divided Saudi-Kuwaiti region, including the entire Durra field, is a shared ownership between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait only, with both having full rights to exploit the resources in that area."
