the discussion for saudi arabia to fixate definite boundaries with its neighboring countries started from 1920 onwards. it finalized its boundaries with iraq, jordan, and kuwait. on borders with iraq and kuwait, two neutral zones were created – one with iraq and the other one with kuwait. in 1934, borders with yemen were almost finalized.in 1965, saudi arabia gave some of its areas to jordan, and jordan gave some of its areas to saudi arabia. in 1971, the neutral zone between saudi arabia and kuwait was split between these two countries. likewise, saudi arabia and iraq decided in 1981 to split the neutral zone between them. this zone was split between the two countries in 1984.