Prince Nayef, Prince Muqrin and Phase 3 of the Miksa programmenote

Second Deputy PM and Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz and Chief of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz are said to have divergent views on how to deal with the Saudi-Yemeni border security issue. The following 434-word report included in Tactical Weekly of June 5, 2009 focuses on these views and tells whether they affect the talks with contractors on Phase 3 of the Miksa border surveillance programme. Note that this phase concerns the Saudi border with Yemen and Oman.