An extraordinary GCC summit will be held in Riyadh within months to sign the union pact. His Majesty’s advisor for media affairs Nabeel Al-Hamer said that the landmark event would convene before the forthcoming Manama GCC Summit.
“The GCC Union is so close and will materialize soon”, he said, Bahrain News Agency said, while quoting HM King’s advisor’s twitter account, pointing out that executive mechanisms and legal tools are well under study.
He dismissed allegations purporting the GCC federative project had been put off as untrue, affirming that the union had effectively been endorsed.
“Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar had already given their full backing for the GCC Union”, he said, adding that Kuwait and UAE had expressed reservations about certain points.
Meanwhile, Oman was totally reserved in its stance.
Al-Hamer paid tribute to Saudi Arabia and Qatar for throwing their weight behind the GCC Union project.