Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interior ministers on Wednesday endorsed a recommendation to set up a Gulf police (GCCPOL).
The ministers also agreed at their meeting in Kuwait, the chair of the current GCC session, to set up a permanent GCC bureau at the United Nations in the Austrian capital Vienna led by Oman, Bahraini and Kuwaiti media reported.
Five of the GCC states — Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — have endorsed a Gulf security pact to boost their cooperation. Only Kuwait has yet to ratify the pact amid strong opposition from some of its lawmakers who said that some of its provisions clashed with the text and spirit of the constitution.
The GCCPOL will be headquartered in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, the ministers agreed.
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf originally (and still) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council is a political and economic union of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- The ministers also agreed at their meeting in Kuwait, the chair of the current GCC session, to set up a permanent GCC bureau at the United Nations in the Austrian capital Vienna led by Oman, Bahraini and Kuwaiti media reported.
- The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf originally (and still) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council is a political and economic union of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf.
- Five of the GCC states — Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — have endorsed a Gulf security pact to boost their cooperation.
