Kuwaiti-Iraqi Agreement to Address "Pending Files".. Within 30 Days

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Kuwait and Iraq agreed on Friday to form a joint working team to review the pending files between the two countries and to establish a roadmap for addressing them.

This agreement came in a joint statement issued following a meeting between the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaydi, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Under the agreement, the two sides will form a joint Iraqi-Kuwaiti working team that will review the pending files and develop a roadmap for addressing them, with recommendations to be submitted to the leaderships of both countries within a period not exceeding 30 days.

The two sides also agreed that the team will hold its meetings alternately between Baghdad and Kuwait, continuously until it completes its work, according to the joint statement, which emphasized that the agreement comes "out of the keenness of the two brotherly countries to enhance bilateral relations and address the pending files in the spirit of brotherhood, good neighborliness, and common interests."

Additionally, Kuwait and Iraq affirmed their full support for the team's work and their commitment to completing its mission, which contributes to "closing the pending files and opening a new phase of cooperation and partnership between the two brotherly countries," serving the interests of the Iraqi and Kuwaiti peoples.

The statement did not specify the nature of the files that the joint team will review or the date of its first meeting. Notably, the main issues that have remained under discussion between Baghdad and Kuwait in recent years include maritime borders and the Khor Abdullah file, as well as the missing Kuwaitis, properties, and Kuwaiti archives.