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Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

The Treaty of Jeddah

Wednesday Aug 21, 1974
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

In 1974, Zayed settled the outstanding border dispute with Saudi Arabia by the Treaty of Jeddah by which Saudi Arabia received the output of the Shaybah oilfield and access to the lower Persian Gulf in return for recognizing the UAE.


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