-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Disputed maps on UAE ID cards Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:24:23 +1200 From: Michael Ross <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>, "mapsL" <[log in to unmask]> This episode is a reflection of the past difficulties in agreeing this border, and others in the area. The man who has actually mapped the border is a Lebanese born, NZ educated, and now German resident cartographer (married to a kiwi). I have forwarded Brendan's email to him, hoping he can share publicly some of the background he has shared with me. He actually did the field-work himself. Michael -----Original Message----- *From:* [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]*On Behalf Of *Brendan Whyte *Sent:* Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:07 AM *To:* AMC; mapsL *Subject:* [ANZMapS] Disputed maps on UAE ID cards Saudi halts recognition of UAE ID cards over map issue Khaleej Times - 22 August, 2009 Saudi Arabia said on Friday it has stopped recognising UAE identity cards because it dislikes a map on the cards and is requiring Emiratis to travel with a passport instead. Under a mutual agreement between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), UAE and Saudi citizens were allowed to gain entrance to the other country by showing their national identity cards. But Saudi Arabia withdrew from the agreement in protest at an image of the UAE map on Emiratis’ ID cards that does not correspond to the border agreed by the two in 1974, General Salem Al Bolayhed, head of the immigration authority, was quoted as saying by the official SPA news agency. “The kingdom has taken many measures to contain the issue by submitting an official memorandum via diplomatic channels... calling on brothers in the UAE to correct the map to match the current reality of common borders between the two countries,” Bolayhed said. “And since there was no response from the UAE to the efforts made in that respect, it has been decided that UAE citizens should be banned from entering the kingdom with their official identity cards.” “Citizens of the two countries wishing to move between the official crossings have to use their passports instead of their national identity cards,” he added. Dubai. 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