Taif Agreement (1934)

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The first Taif Agreement ended the Saudi War on May 20, 1934 , in which the Kingdom of Yemen and Saudi Arabia had faced each other. The reason for the war was the undefined southern borders of Saudi Arabia with overlapping territorial claims.

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The main contents of the Taif peace agreement were the mutual recognition of both kingdoms and the establishment of permanent diplomatic relations. The states gave up their old territorial claims. South of Asir and Yam , the border was defined orally along some settlements, but without giving any coordinates. The undefined sections should follow “the general trend of the boundary line”. Both states refrained from building structures within a ten-kilometer-wide strip on either side of the border. The agreement provided for the troops to be withdrawn from the other state immediately. The parties to the agreement pledged to deter paramilitary and private irregulars from attacks. With the agreement, Yemen and Saudi Arabia also agreed to compensate for war damage and guaranteed peaceful cooperation. War criminals should only be convicted by their country of origin and criminals or fugitives should be returned to their country of origin.

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The immediate fighting ended, but skirmishes continued after that . On the one hand, the armies kept getting in each other's way along the unresolved border, on the other hand, the Bedouin tribes who wandered around in the disputed areas caused several conflicts over property.

It was not until the year 2000 that the borders between Saudi Arabia and Yemen were defined with precise coordinates in the Jeddah Agreement and the numerous territorial disputes were resolved.

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