GCC takes ‘quantum leap’ as leaders agree to establish joint economic commission

Gulf Co-operation Council leaders have committed to setting up a Commission of Economic and Developmental Affairs, “to enhance co-ordination… and accelerate the pace of joint action,” according to GCC secretary-general Abdul-Latif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani. The move was announced at the 16th GCC consultative meeting in Jeddah on 31 May. Saudi foreign minister Adel Bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir described it as a “quantum leap”.