Yemen, Saudi reach compromise on border

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Yemen, Saudi reach compromise on border

Yemen says Saudi Arabia agrees to stop building barrier in exchange for greater cooperation on tightening border.

SANAA - Yemen said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia agreed to stop building a controversial barrier on their border in exchange for greater cooperation in curbing smuggling and infiltration along the frontier.

"Crown Prince Abdullah has given instructions to stop construction of the barrier on the Saudi side of the border," said Yemen's official news agency Saba said at the end of a 24-hour visit to Riyadh by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Saba said both sides had agreed to step up joint patrols along the 1,800-kilometer (1,100-mile) border to prevent smuggling and infiltration.

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Yemen, Saudi reach compromise on border

[izzie]

1. I lived in SA near Yeman and it was very open

Lots of Yeman people in SA at that time also. I guess building walls is getting to be a world wide thing. Even in history they were used and I guess they did not work for long then either. I do not know my history well enough to know if they lasted long and did what they were built for but some are still there to show it was a thing they meant to work. Seems silly, in this day and age, and I believe people are still coming in from Mexico even with walls.Waste of time I would think.