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GCC members pin hopes on summit
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
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The summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations' leaders, being hosted by Kuwait on Dec 14-15, will serve to consolidate efforts to turn the six member states into an influential economic bloc, said Lebanese Minister of Finance Raya Haffar yesterday.
Tags: Local News GCC, Gulf states, Raya Haffar, Gulf Cooperation Council, Lebanon, Beirut, Persian Gulf states, Western Asia, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, International organizations, Arab World, Middle East, Arab states of the Persian Gulf
NZ agrees trade deal with six Gulf states
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 1 month ago
Credibility New Zealand has successfully concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with six oil-rich Gulf states, Trade Minister Tim Groser announced yesterday. The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), made up of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates,...
Tags: New Zealand, Gulf Cooperation Council (G.C.C., free trade, trade agreement, FTA, Gulf States, GCC, trade partners, Gulf Co-operation Council, trade minister
PG monetary council to be established in 2010
Sama :: Burkina Faso | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Saudi official added that Oman and the UAE were still in talks about the creation of the council. In June, 2009, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain signed an agreement to establish a joint monetary union council as a prelude to creating a joint...
Tags: National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwaiti, Kuwait Financial Forum, Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, UAE, single currency
US discounts Iraq withdrawal risk despite attacks
Baghdad :: Iraq | 5 months ago
Credibility The Obama administration has concluded the risk of a security collapse in Iraq is too slight to slow plans for withdrawing U.S. troops. In the run-up to June 30, the deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraqi cities, the nation has been rocked by...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, gulf states, U.S
Gulf states to hold flu meet
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 7 months ago
Credibility Gulf Arab countries plan to hold an emergency meeting next week to coordinate efforts to combat swine flu, which has caused jitters on Gulf Arab stock markets. Saudi health ministry spokesman Khaled Al-Mirghalani said Saudi Arabia, the largest Gulf Arab...
Tags: Health Ministry, Gulf Arab, swine flu, gulf arabs, gulf states
Sarkozy wants more EU crisis funding
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | about 1 year ago
Credibility Both men called for an increase in funding for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well. "Nicolas and I will be talking about the global fund that the International Monetary Fund will have now to create to build on its own resources to help economies...
Tags: China, monetary funding, Robert Kimmitt, Persian Gulf, International Monetary Fund, prime minister, US Treasury, rich gulf, gulf states, Gordon Brown
MP Abi Nasr rules out resettlement
Beirut :: Lebanon | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Nahr al-Bared refugee camp was severely damaged in the summer of 2007 when the army struggled to control Fatah al-Islam militants. Many refugees were relocated to Beddawi, south of Nahr al-Bared, causing tension with people there. Abou 300 militants...
Tags: refugees camp, N. Lebanon, palestinian refugees, nahr al, Vienna, Lebanese Army, Palestinian, gulf states, foreign minister, United Arab Emirates
Gulf Currency to Cut Costs: Fitch
Doha :: Qatar | about 1 year ago
Credibility June 2008 � A leading international rating agency, Fitch, has said the Gulf common currency, expected in 2010, will help reduce prices of essential commodities in the Gulf Cooperation Council states. The use of a common GCC currency will reduce the...
Tags: dollar, use dollar, gulf states, GCC
New electric car unveiled in Israel
Jerusalem :: Israel | about 1 year ago
Credibility An Israeli-backed electric car project has unveiled a swappable-battery, developed in partnership with the Renault-Nissan company. The founder of California-based "Project Better Place," Shai Agassi, estimated that its partner, the Renault-Nissan alliance,...
Tags: Israel, electric cars, Project Better Place, Gulf States, Renault-Nissan
Iran Calls for Expansion of Ties with Gulf States
Tehrān :: Iran | about 1 year ago
Credibility Iranian First Vice President Parviz made the request in a meeting Monday with Deputy Prime Minister for Council of Ministers of Sultanate of Oman, Fahad bin Mahmoud Al-Said.
Tags: Iranian, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Omani, Parviz Davoudi, sultanate qaboos, gas field, vice presidency, gulf states, presidency parviz
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