41.   Qatar on Saturday proposed to set up a joint committee with Saudi Arabi to investigate its claims of armed clashes on the maritime border between the two countries.

42.   Senior officials from the neighbors are to meet in Manado, Indonesia on Thursday and Friday for discussions on maritime borders.

43.   Saleh told Mussa that Yemen welcomed any efforts by friendly countries to find a peaceful solution to the conflict over maritime borders, SABA said.

44.   Singapore and Malaysia are embroiled in a row over a land reclamation project near their narrow maritime border which Kuala Lumpur has said could affect its shipping lanes.

45.   Speedboats with sophisticated monitoring devices are guarding the maritime borders.

46.   Thailand shares land or maritime borders with Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

47.   The island, on the south side of the maritime border, is home to a South Korean marine and naval base.

48.   The North has persistently called for a new maritime border in the rich fishing field.