Gulf Arab countries to discuss unity in September: paper

Saudi Foreign Minister says GCC countries should integrate their foreign and military policy to present a more united front. (Reuters)

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By Al Arabiya with agencies

Foreign ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries will meet in September to discuss a plan for closer integration of the mostly Sunni Muslim monarchies, Saudi Arabia’s English-language Arab News reported Sunday.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia proposed last December that the Council, which also includes Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, should move “to the stage of unity in a single entity” in response to uprisings in the Arab world and the perceived threat from Iran.

“The initiative to move to a Gulf union will be discussed by the GCC foreign ministers when they convene next month,” said Abdulatif al-Zayani, the group’s secretary general, in comments carried by the newspaper.



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