Saudi Arabia: EADS, RTCC and Yemen security fence projectnote

The Saudi Interior Ministry continues talks with EADS and Al-Rashid Trading & Contracting Co. (RTCC) on a project to build a security fence along the Saudi border with Yemen. The following 500-word report included in Tactical Weekly of April 24, 2009 focuses on the issue and tells whether the talks are developing well or not. It also tells whether there are difficulties standing in the way of the project or not. Note that the Yemen security fence project is part of Phase 3 of the Miksa border surveillance programme.