{"id":82999,"date":"2024-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:00:00","slug":"king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/","title":{"rendered":"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Regional disputes and trade agreements were the key talking points for King Salman and <\/strong><strong>Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah<\/strong> during Al Sabah\u2019s visit to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#1- Disputed Khor Abdullah waterway:<\/strong> The two leaders called on Iraq to abide by a Kuwait-Iraq maritime agreement on the Khor Abdullah waterway dating back over a decade, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/en\/N2039205\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">joint statement<\/a>. The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court deemed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2023-09-26\/iraq-is-keen-to-overcome-dispute-with-kuwait-over-khor-abdullah-waterway\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">last year<\/a> the agreement between the two neighbors was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#2- Al Durra gas field dispute:<\/strong> King Salman and Al Sabah also reiterated calls to Iran to come to the negotiating table on the disputed offshore Al Durra gas field. The Kingdom and Kuwait <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/saudi-iran-kuwait-gas-field-dispute-2a19d2bb2dee8d6b7408616c5d6a0443\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">have repeatedly<\/a> affirmed their joint ownership, while Iran claims it has the rights to the field, which it names Arash. An agreement on the field can be reached through \u201cconstructive cooperation,\u201d Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/211556\/Iran-reacts-to-Saudi-Arabia-Kuwait-join-statement\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehr News Agency<\/a>. Talks to agree on a border demarcation between the two parties collapsed last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#3- Boosting trade:<\/strong> The two countries signed an agreement on a railway connection project, in addition to several other strategic agreements on bilateral trade and economic cooperation. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ALSO IN DIPLO- <\/strong>The Federation of Saudi Chambers signed an agreement to boost economic ties with its Moroccan counterparts, it said <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSC_SA\/status\/1752624790303584621\/photo\/1\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">on X<\/a>. The agreement also covered the exchange of trade delegations between the two countries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disputed Khor Abdullah waterway has sparked tensions between Kuwait and Iraq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2568],"tags":[587,10,803,802,800,801,2665,2666],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-82999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diplomacy","tag-diplomacy","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-federation-of-saudi-chambers","tag-iraq","tag-khor-abdullah-waterway","tag-king-salman","tag-kuwait","tag-morocco","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"7cd4c755-c33e-4b17-802b-e7a71574ae2d","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway","related_issue":[82977],"teaser":"The disputed Khor Abdullah waterway has sparked tensions between Kuwait and Iraq","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/2\/.259bf23a-6aa5-4576-aff5-1a7be49043ad.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway - KSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The disputed Khor Abdullah waterway has sparked tensions between Kuwait and Iraq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Diplomacy\",\"EnterpriseAM KSA\",\"Federation of Saudi Chambers\",\"Iraq\",\"Khor Abdullah waterway\",\"King Salman\",\"Kuwait\",\"Morocco\"],\"articleSection\":[\"DIPLOMACY\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/\",\"name\":\"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway - KSA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/\",\"name\":\"KSA\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization\",\"name\":\"KSA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg\",\"caption\":\"KSA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway - KSA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway","og_description":"The disputed Khor Abdullah waterway has sparked tensions between Kuwait and Iraq","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/","og_site_name":"KSA","article_published_time":"2024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00","author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway","datePublished":"2024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/"},"wordCount":246,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization"},"keywords":["Diplomacy","EnterpriseAM KSA","Federation of Saudi Chambers","Iraq","Khor Abdullah waterway","King Salman","Kuwait","Morocco"],"articleSection":["DIPLOMACY"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/","name":"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway - KSA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-02-01T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/02\/01\/king-salman-kuwait-emir-call-on-iraq-to-abide-with-disputed-khor-abullah-waterway\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"King Salman, Kuwait Emir call on Iraq to abide with disputed Khor Abullah waterway"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/","name":"KSA","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization","name":"KSA","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg","caption":"KSA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82999\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/82977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82999"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=82999"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=82999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}