People from the neighboring GCC states and Riyadh frequently visit the city to do activities such as fishing, scuba diving and other water sports.

At the December 2012 Manama summit the GCC states called for an end to Iranian interference in their internal affairs.

The GCC states have announced that they support the document of The International Compact with Iraq that was adopted at Sharm El-Sheikh on 4-5 May 2007.

While they have made headway in some fields, GCC states are still far apart in others due to differences on implementation.

Under the 1983 agreement for the common market, GCC states should also tear down customs barriers between them, align their currencies, open up their stock markets and allow each others to set up bank branches.

Arab states especially Saudi Arabia and GCC states have been funding extremist Deobandi Sunnis and Wahabis in Pakistan, since the Afghan Jihad.

Similarly, citizens of other GCC states do not need a visa to enter.

The GCC states were inevitably affected by this and generated one particularly interesting case.

Apart from being strategically a very important region for the EU and the West in general, the GCC states are also important trade partners.

Authorized capital of the equivalent of $100,000,000 would be provided by investors from the GCC states; the Bank of Albania would hold 60 per cent of the stock.