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This is a literal equivalent to Bir Tawil, with both sides of a border dispute preferring the interpretation of the whole border that leaves this particular plo
by PeterisP 3y ago
This is a literal equivalent to Bir Tawil, with both sides of a border dispute preferring the interpretation of the whole border that leaves this particular plot to the other.
However, as demonstrated by this situation, in practice that doesn't mean that some third party can just grab that land - and I'd expect the same thing to happen in Bir Tawil; legal technicalities are nifty but they aren't really sufficient for de facto recognition, which is the main thing that matters in international law.
- bombcar 3y agoIt’s like when two siblings are fighting and a third comes in and insults one and they stop fighting to beat the living daylights out of the interloper.