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The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf [2] (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج العربية), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Rail transport map of Saudi Arabia. The GCC Railway network can be seen in yellow. The planned railway would begin at Kuwait City, pass through Dammam and Al-Batha Port [] in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain in the UAE, and then enter Oman through Sohar before terminating at Muscat.
This is a list of government-owned companies of the United Arab Emirates. A Government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government . Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular stockholder .
The United Arab Emirates is quietly urging the European Union to start talks on a trade pact separate from an Arab bloc, five people familiar with the matter said, as the Gulf state seeks closer ...
Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have the highest population of Pakistani prisoners. [5] 2,224 Indians are in jails in Saudi Arabia and 1,606 in the United Arab Emirates. [6] In May 2020, 1000 Bangladeshi labourers who were in prisons and detention camps in the Middle East were allowed to go home.
The UAE later withdrew interest in a GCC common currency and completely rejected being a part of it anymore. [9] Later, on November 23, 2009, statements by the UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser al-Suweidi stated that the greatest obstacle was the lack of a precursor unit of account. [10]
The first wave concerns migration to the GCC region prior to the British arrival in the so-called Trucial States, being modern-day Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE, in 1820.The oldest known maritime trading route is the one between the Indus Valley civilisation and Dilmun in modern-day Bahrain.
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates share a naval border and are part of the Arabic-speaking Persian Gulf region. They are both members of the GCC. [1]On 5 June 2017, as part of the Qatar diplomatic crisis, the UAE cut diplomatic relations with Qatar. [2]