RIYADH, 14 March 2003 — Saudi Arabia and Yemen have reached an agreement on border security cooperation, both countries announced. The fourth meeting of the Saudi-Yemeni joint committee assigned to organize border guards authorities agreed on Tuesday to reinforce border cooperation, Kuwait’s KUNA news agency reported.
The Kingdom and Yemen signed an historic pact on June 12, 2000 to mark off joint borders, ending a 60-year-long dispute and opening a new chapter in bilateral relations. The two countries also signed a contract worth $986 million with German firm Hansa Luftbild to stake out their common border in detail.
Last June, Saudi Arabia and Yemen signed a series of accords to strengthen political and economic cooperation. They also inked two loan deals to finance technical institutes and road projects in Yemen.
The agreements were signed on the sidelines of a meeting of the Saudi-Yemeni Coordination Council, which called for bolstering economic and investment cooperation between the two Arab neighbors. The council meeting saw the signing of eight agreements covering culture, sports and youth welfare, postal service, land and marine transportation, wildlife development, and coordination between the two foreign ministries.
