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49: 76: 56: 144: 171:(Saudi Arabia's predecessor state). An agreement to partition the neutral zone was reached by Iraqi and Saudi representatives on 26 December 1981, and approved by the Iraqi National Assembly on 28 January 1982. The territory was divided on an unknown date between 28 January and 30 July 1982. Notice was given to the United Nations in June 1991. 225:
approached in early 1991, Iraq cancelled all international agreements with Saudi Arabia since 1968. Saudi Arabia responded by registering all previous boundary agreements negotiated with Iraq at the United Nations in June 1991. Most official maps no longer show the diamond-shaped neutral zone but
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rather draw the border line approximately through the centre of the territory. For example, the United States Office of the Geographer regarded the area as having only an approximate boundary rather than a precise one.
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Administrative division of the zone was achieved in 1975, and a border treaty concluded in 1981. For unknown reasons, the treaty was not filed with the
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and nobody outside Iraq and Saudi Arabia was notified of the change or shown maps with details of the new boundary. As the
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within which the border between the two countries had not been settled. The neutral zone came into existence following the
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was an area of 7,044 km (2,720 sq mi; 704,400 ha; 1,741,000 acres) on the border between
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No military or permanent buildings were to be built in or near the neutral zone and the
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of both countries were to have unimpeded access to its pastures and wells.
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Parties involved shown in parentheses after each entry
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The Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone formerly had the
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The former Neutral Zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone
Flag of Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone

Flag of Ba'athist Iraq
Flag of Saudi Arabia
The former Neutral Zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Arabic
Internet TLD

Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Uqair Protocol of 1922
Sultanate of Nejd
Khorramshahr
United Kingdom
Kingdom of Nejd
Kingdom of Hejaz
Prince Ahmed bin Abdullah
Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
Protocol of Uqair
nomads
United Nations
Gulf War
ISO 3166-1
FIPS 10-4
Geography of Iraq
Geography of Saudi Arabia
Unification of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates border dispute
Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone

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