2024-03-08T16:36:29+00:00
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/ Assistant to the Iranian President for Authorized Affairs, Mohammad Dehghan, confirmed on Friday that Iran will start extracting oil and gasoline from the “Arsh-Al-Durrah” area, if Kuwait begins to take action.
Dehghan added: “We’re nonetheless saying, as earlier than, that this subject should be resolved peacefully. Al-Durra is a gasoline and oil area, a part of which belongs to us, and we don’t have a maritime border with Kuwait, however we found that area and drilled a nicely there a number of years in the past, however we now have not used it till now.” In order to not create a problem between us and Kuwait and its neighbors.”
He harassed that “Iran believes in unified extraction from the Dorra area in order that extraction and manufacturing will be performed safely.”
He identified that “Kuwait has not had a constructive opinion till now and has reached an settlement with Saudi Arabia as a result of a part of this area is in Saudi waters and they’re in search of joint extraction.”
He added: “We nonetheless imagine that the Dorra area is shared and we wish integration, but when Kuwait begins extracting oil from the sphere, we’ll begin too.”
Iranian International Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani expressed his nation’s rejection of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s assertion, which thought-about the Dorra gasoline area to be owned by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait alone, and described it as “unconstructive.”
The Dorra area is of nice significance on the financial and political ranges, as its significance lies in being thought-about a ready retailer for gasoline manufacturing, whereas its location, which is positioned in a border space, has disrupted its manufacturing for the reason that date of its exploration within the 12 months 1960.