Gulf states back Kuwait in dispute with Iraq

The Gulf states have given Kuwait their full support in its dispute with Iraq over the 1991 war reparations and border demarcation. In a statement issued after an emergency meeting Monday, foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council said Iraq should comply with UN resolutions related to the war.
Tension between the two neighbours escalated last week when some Iraqi lawmakers demanded compensation from Kuwait for facilitating the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The lawmakers were angered by Kuwait's rejection of measures to remove the UN's description of Iraq as a threat to international peace and security which was imposed after Saddam Hussein invaded the country in 1990.