Iraq: Talks with Kuwait focus on border security projectsnote

Reports from Baghdad suggest that Iraq and Kuwait are holding talks on security, oil and border issues, and both sides are satisfied with how the talks are progressing. The following 258-word item, published in Iraq Information Report’s issue of August 4, 2008, focuses on the Iraqi security projects along the 200-km long border with Kuwait, and what the Iraqis are ready to do with the Kuwaitis to get these projects done. It also talks about the oil facilities and oil fields on this border. Besides, the item tells how the joint committees in charge of border issues would like to proceed, and what each side is proposing.