It is also one of the disputed areas in the country between the central government and Kurdistan regional government.
It is hard to imagine, in this context, that Colombia would not be forced to make some concessions over the disputed areas.
Other voices in Ethiopia are calling for a knock-out blow or for the army to retake the disputed areas that Eritrea still occupies, especially near Zalambessa.
Mr Maliki has questioned the Kurds' right to control some of the disputed areas, for instance around the town of Khanaqin and in some parts of Kirkuk province.
The agreement did not address the status of disputed areas along the border and the fate of Abyei, critical security issues that must be resolved if the two countries are to have lasting peace.
There is still a chance, especially if the north manages to get the lion's share of oil in the disputed border areas, that it will happen.
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The fate of disputed border areas is also a point of contention.
The fate of disputed border areas are also a point of contention.
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Meanwhile, Mr. Abe has maintained a tough stance over a territorial spat with China to counter Beijing's persistent incursions into the areas around the disputed islands.
China plans to continue not just to assert but also to enforce through energy exploration and extraction its claims to disputed areas in the East China and South China Seas.
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He asked for, but did not receive, any sign of Chinese flexibility to their claims to sole development rights to gas fields in disputed areas under the East China Sea.
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The fate of the Abyei region and other disputed border areas are also a point of contention.
Iraqi leaders bristle at Kurdish efforts to forge an independent foreign policy, and the two sides disagree over control of disputed areas along their shared internal border.
In Kashmir, where firing across the disputed border between the Indian and Pakistani areas is routine, the number of bullets exchanged daily was recently said to have doubled.
Despite the split in July, unresolved issues remain between the two, including status of their citizens, division of national debt, disputed border areas and sharing of oil wealth.
Significant issues between the countries remain unresolved, however, including status of their citizens, division of national debt, disputed border areas and sharing of oil wealth.
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