The Saudi Council of Ministers approved the Law of Maritime Zones of the Kingdom, based on Royal Decree No. (M/17) related to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The law includes important definitions and delineates the maritime zones in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, and Arabian Gulf. The law specifies the regulations concerning internal waters and the territorial sea, where the sovereignty of the Kingdom extends to 12 nautical miles from the baseline. It allows for the passage of...
Law of the Maritime Zones of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia