Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone

The Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Iraq was an area in the border area of those two States with an area of ​​7044 km ².

History

It was created on December 2, 1922 as a result of the Protocol of Uqair. In this UK designed - then mandatory power over Iraq - and the Kingdom of Najd - the origin of the later Saudi Arabia - the borders between the two countries firmly. In 1938 an agreement on the joint management of the site was signed.

In the Neutral Zone were no military installations or fixed settlements are created. Nomads of both sides were allowed to use the pastures.

A provisional agreement on the sharing of the Neutral Zone, signed in 1975, and in an agreement signed on December 26, 1981 and 1983 border treaty ratified the division was completed by the east-west diagonal. For unknown reasons, this border agreement was not submitted to the United Nations. The border treaty was no public announcement, and no one outside of Iraq and Saudi Arabia was officially notified of the existence of such an agreement in knowledge. At the beginning of the Second Gulf War in 1991, Iraq canceled all international agreements to which it had negotiated with Saudi Arabia since 1968. Then put Saudi Arabia in June 1991 border treaty before the UN.

ISO codes

The Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Iraq had the ISO -3166 -1 codes NT and NTZ. The use of these codes was discontinued in 1993 and replaced by the ISO -3166 -3 code NTHH.