Saudi King Abdullah Calls for Closer Arab Union at GCC Summit
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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah called on leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council to strengthen their alliance into a united “single entity” as they confront threats to national security.
“I ask you today to move from a stage of cooperation to a stage of union in a single entity,” Abdullah said yesterday at the opening session of a GCC meeting in Riyadh in comments aired on Saudi state television. “No doubt, you all know we are targeted in our security and stability.”