The impact of the common border disputes between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait on Saudi-Iraqi relations (1384-1395 AH/1964-1975 AD)

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King Khalid University

10.21608/aafu.2024.263940.1422

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The political relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iraq between (1964-1975) were affected by the problems of the common borders between them on the one hand, and between their two states and the State of Kuwait on the other hand, especially since the three countries are located within one geographical extension, and were The border problems between these countries are subject to several influences, the most prominent of which are the special bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and Iraq’s desire to expand its access to the Arabian Gulf by occupying Kuwait. Saudi Arabia sought to solve the existing border problems between Iraq and Kuwait, and refused Iraqi ambitions in Kuwait in general and in detail, and its position had a major impact in reducing the Iraqi threat towards Kuwait. One of the results of this Saudi policy was that the Iraqi side launched some attacks on the Saudi border, but it quickly retreated when the Saudi forces arrived at the border.
In the year (1975), Iraqi Vice President Saddam Hussein met with Saudi Interior Minister and they agreed to seek to settle the border problems as soon as possible. Then the Iraqi and Saudi sides agreed to divide the neutral zone between them in a straight line dividing it in the middle, and it was approved. This agreement was approved six years later, specifically in (1981) As for the problems of the Iraqi-Kuwaiti

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  • Receive Date: 19 January 2024
  • Accept Date: 22 February 2024

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