Bahrain's king said Monday he is strongly in favour of a Saudi proposal to upgrade the Gulf Cooperation Council into a union. "Bahrain is ready from this day for the declaration of the union, to assert our firm will and our solid determination," king Hamad said in an address on the occasion of the kingdom's national day. The six conservative Arab members of the GCC -- which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman -- sit on 40 percent of the world's oil and a quarter of its natural gas. The proposal to upgrade the bloc from a coordination council to a union was put forward by Saudi king Abdullah in 2011.
03-26-2014, 07:01 AM
Bahrain ready for Gulf union, says king
Bahrain's king said Monday he is strongly in favour of a Saudi proposal to upgrade the Gulf Cooperation Council into a union. "Bahrain is ready from this day for the declaration of the union, to assert our firm will and our solid determination," king Hamad said in an address on the occasion of the kingdom's national day. The six conservative Arab members of the GCC -- which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman -- sit on 40 percent of the world's oil and a quarter of its natural gas. The proposal to upgrade the bloc from a coordination council to a union was put forward by Saudi king Abdullah in 2011.
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