Gulf states to establish common power grid link

The ministers of water and electricity in the Gulf Cooperation Council states decided to establish a power grid linking the GCC states.

This decision was taken during their tenth meeting in Riyadh, and it was decided that the organization would start its work beginning from the current month as Saudi Arabia will be its permanent headquarters.

United Arab Emirates Minister of Electricity and Water Humayd bin Nasir al-Uways, who headed the meeting, said the organization is going to raise up its idea for the power link between the GCC states, which will be implemented in two stages, the first between Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait and the second between Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.