By John Lee.
The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court has declared the law approving the agreement between the Iraq and Kuwait on the regulation of maritime navigation in the Khor Abdullah [Khawr Abd Allah] to be unconstitutional.
It said that Law No. 42 of 2013 is in violation of Article 61/IV of the Iraqi Republic Constitution, which stipulates that, "the approval of treaties and international agreements shall be regulated by a law enacted by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Council of Representatives."
The Khor Abdullah, which is the waterway from Iraq to the Gulf, and a key route for Iraq's oil exports, has been a source of dispute between the two countries for many years.
(Source: Iraqi Federal Supreme Court)
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