Gulf Coperation Council(GCC)

 

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf originally and still colloquially) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)is a Regional Inter-Governmental political and economic union consisting of all Arab Staes of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.


Its member states are -

• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia and 
• United Arab Emirates(UAE)

Established in Abu Dhabi on May 25, 1981,the original union comprised the 630-million-acre (2,500,000 km²)Persian Gulf States of Bahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,Saudi Arabia and UAE