On border demarcation agreement between Yemen and Saudi Arabia

The Yemeni minister of the Interior Hussein Arab on Thursday announced a nearby withdrawal of the military forces which are still deployed on the Saudi- Yemeni borders despite the border agreement signed between the two states in June 2000.

The Yemeni daily " September 26" quoted the minister as saying that " several military units in certain border areas between Yemen and Saudi Arabia will be withdrawn next Wednesday, adding that the " aforesaid withdrawal operation will be carried out from the central and western areas of the borders without specifying to which of the two states these units belong.

The Yemeni minister noted that this " measure falls in the course of withdrawing forces and re-arranging the military impositions on the two sides of the borders, according to Jeddah border treaty signed in June 2000 In January 2001. The Yemeni weekly " Yemen Times' said that Saudi forces are still occupying are still occupying positions in the Yemeni territories, a matter which raised the objection of certain tribes which are settled near the borders.