The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry calls on Iran to start negotiations on the demarcation of maritime borders
Dubai – Al Arabiya.net
Posted on: July 03, 2023: 02:59 PM GST Last updated: July 03, 2023: 06:41 PM GST
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment in the State of Kuwait, Saad Al-Barrak, said that the State of Kuwait rejects, in a word and in detail, the Iranian allegations and measures regarding the offshore Dorra field.
While an official source in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed today, Monday, that the marine area in which the Dorra field is located is located in the marine areas of the State of Kuwait, and that the natural resources in it are shared with Saudi Arabia.
The official added that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia alone have exclusive rights to the natural wealth in the Durra field.
The source added that the State of Kuwait renews its call to the Iranian side to start negotiations on the demarcation of the maritime borders between the Kuwaiti and Saudi sides as one negotiating party in exchange for the Iranian side, according to what was reported by the Kuwaiti News Agency “KUNA”.
In December 2022, Aramco Gulf Operations Company and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the joint Dorra gas field between the two countries.
The signing of the memorandum is an implementation of the minutes of the submerged Dorra field development signed in March 2022, so that work on the Dorra field development project will be resumed directly, and work will be accelerated according to the program implementation plan and the timetable approved by the two countries.
The development of the field comes in implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait in the State of Kuwait on December 24, 2019, which included joint work to develop and exploit the Dorra field, according to the Saudi Press Agency, SPA.
It is noteworthy that the Dorra gas field will provide an amount of one billion cubic feet of gas equally between the two partners, and this agreement will benefit the two brotherly countries.
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2023-07-03 14:41:04
