Hope for Iraq + Kuwait’s long standing maritime border dispute? Iraq and Kuwait have agreed to bolster their bilateral relations, Iraqi News Agency reports. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Salem Al Sabah and his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein, discussed increasing cooperation in several fields, including economy and investment, as well as resolving outstanding issues between the countries, the news agency writes. The two also agreed to work towards completing the demarcation of the maritime borders between the countries through talks between various technical committees, according to an Iraqi Foreign Ministry statement. They also touched upon ways to promote investment and trade to achieve common interests and strengthen relations, Qatar News Agency added.

Maritime borders? Iraq has long contested the UN’s de facto maritime border demarcation for Kuwait after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, demanding that it continue accessing Gulf waters, which are a lifeline for its economy and oil exports, Voice of America reports.

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