The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave a global cartel of major oil-exporting countries is seen to reflect a widening fracture within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The UAE announced on Tuesday that it would leave the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and the wider Opec+ alliance, effective on Friday. The country joined the group in 1971, though one of its emirates – Abu Dhabi – joined in 1967. The UAE’s Ministry of Infrastructure said in a statement that the...
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Beyond supporting peace, GCC states need to work towards joint defence, energy security and economic development.
The Gulf’s six Arab monarchies, battered by Iranian drones and missiles because of a war they never wanted, are watching with trepidation to see what the Pakistan-hosted US-Iran negotiations will yield for their collective future. After China and Russia vetoed the Gulf Cooperation Council’s bid to attain UN Security Council approval for “defensive” measures to force open the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week, analysts say the GCC states have little sway over what is about to transpire in...
The GCC and Iran can come up with a new security architecture for the Strait of Hormuz that can give Trump an off-ramp.
Jassim al-Budaiwi calls on UN Security Council to guarantee 'uninterrupted navigation through all strategic waterways'.