evidence: 0 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw (*)Tj -21.6649 -6.1448 TD -0.0002 Tc (I.)Tj /F2 1 Tf 1.1038 0 TD -0.0001 Tc (Introduction)Tj /F1 1 Tf -1.1038 -2.4579 TD 0.0575 Tw (The conclusion of the �2000 Agreement demarcating the marine bound-)Tj 0 -1.229 TD 0.0651 Tw (aries between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has once again)Tj T* 0.0231 Tw (drawn attention to the legal status of the two islands of Garuh and Umm)Tj T* 0.1379 Tw (Al-Maradim. It is particularly remarkable that this agreement, like pre-)Tj T* -0.0026 Tc 0.0025 Tw (ceding boundary agreements, is silent on this issue.)Tj 6.12 0 0 6.12 331.3509 481.3088 Tm 0 Tc 0 Tw (1)Tj 10.5 0 0 10.5 337.8904 477.8438 Tm -0.0026 Tc 0.0025 Tw [([)-75(Henceforth, the non-)]TJ -21.4121 -1.229 TD -0.0001 Tc 0.125 Tw (facing of this pending issue by the two states, at that momentous time,)Tj T* 0.1489 Tw (was presumably because the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had acquiesced)Tj T* 0.1203 Tw (to Kuwait�s title to the two islands, which were factually under the lat-)Tj T* 0.0797 Tw (ter�s sovereignty, or the two states had agreed otherwise.] [...] 0 0 9 318.746 178.9384 Tm 0.0045 Tw (, and Umm al-Maradim Island)Tj -22.8537 -1.0753 TD -0.0001 Tc 0.0998 Tw (Centre for Research and Studies on Kuwait, CRSK.