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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria and Jordan Sign Border, Other Accords
2005-03-01
Assad puts a bucket on his head in the cause of Peace in the Middle East.
Jordan and Syria yesterday signed 21 accords for boosting bilateral cooperation, including agreements for combating terrorism and border demarcation. The agreements were signed at the end of two days of meetings by the Joint Higher Commission, co-chaired by the Jordanian Prime Minister Faisal Fayez and his Syrian counterpart Mohammad Naji Al-Otari. The anti-terror accord provided for the extradition of suspects who may cross the common border or the frontiers with Iraq, officials said.

The border demarcation accord, which ends a 50-year dispute, provides for the return of 125 square kilometers of land to Jordan, while Syria recovers 2.5 square kilometers from Jordan. Under the accord agreed after several top-level security meetings over the last six months, Syria will remove fences and posts on land it had gained in decades of creeping incursions into Jordan. Syrian Prime Minister Naji Al-Otari said the deal reconfirmed an internationally recognized border drawn in 1931. "This demarcation of borders is a step forward to the cooperation we started several years back," Otari said.
Posted by:Fred

#1  return of 125 square kilometers of land to Jordan, while Syria recovers 2.5 square kilometers from Jordan

That is a pretty good trade. Now, there is a wide strip on the Syrian north that stretches from Iraq border to Mediterranean. I believe it belong to someone else, too.
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-03-01 12:24:57 AM  

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