Interior ministers call for unified Gulf police

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Gulf interior ministers are discussing the possibility of establishing a GCC police force, according to Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, GCC secretary general. The move will aim to improve security measures in the region, he said after a meeting of the interior ministers of the six Gulf states in Riyadh.

“The ministers stressed the importance of the GCC-unified approach towards different security issues with upholding the areas of cooperation through the common security strategies,” the official Saudi Press Agency quoted Al Zayani as saying.

“They also confirmed the need for constant readiness to monitor and identify dangers and threats to security and paying attention to information security to counter biased media campaigns that seek to split the ranks and the dissemination of sectarian thought by broadcasting fabricated news in order to destabilise the security and stability of the GCC countries,”

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