Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Visits Iraq To Resolve Border Disputes

In a bid to resolve border demarcation and joint oil field issues, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, on Sunday. After meeting with Al-Sabah, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein revealed they had agreed to carry forward discussions on border demarcation, with a higher joint committee supervising the subcommittees’ work.

The leaders also discussed shared oil fields between Iran and Kuwait. Al-Sabah lauded the discussions as “very fruitful,” emphasizing the need to resolve the maritime border demarcation. Additionally, plans were announced to open a commercial attaché at the Kuwaiti Consulate in Basra, Iraq.

Al-Sabah met with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani. The Iraqi leaders expressed their commitment to joint efforts to resolve the issues while safeguarding common interests, according to their official statements.

Since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Kuwait and Iraq have rebuilt their bilateral relations. While the United Nations demarcated the land boundary between the two countries in 1993 following the US-led liberation of Kuwait in 1991, the maritime borders remain unmapped.