Parliament Minister clarifies statement

Manama, Nov. 29 (BNA): Minister of the Shura and Representatives Councils Ghanim bin Fadhel Al Buainin criticised some newspapers for lacking accuracy in reporting his statement on the GCC union. He affirmed that he had never pointed out that the union will be announced in the next summit, in Bahrain, without Oman. Speaking to Bahrain News Agency (BNA), he explained that saying the issue of the GCC union will be on the summit's agenda can not be understood and does not mean in any way that the union will be announced without Oman. He also commended Oman's stances, emphasising Bahrain's respect to it and stressing deep-rooted fraternal relations between both countries. He also underlined Oman's keenness on carrying out the decisions of the GCC summits which reflects interest in achieving maximum integration with the brotherly GCC countries.