Saudi Arabia, UAE and GCC federal unionnote

The GCC leaders held a summit meeting in Riyadh yesterday (May 14, 2012), but failed to agree to bring the GCC states from cooperation to federation despite Saudi efforts in this regard. The following 478-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the UAE reticence regarding the GCC federal union and the unified GCC Army. It also tells what about federation between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.