The Smart Card would allow easy movement within the ummah six member states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE |
Starting next May, Kuwait is expected to embark on recognizing the Smart Card, or the Gulf Passport, one of the strategic projects of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said a Kuwait diplomat here on Monday.| Think it'll come with a religion column? |
Ambassador Jamal al Ghanim, the Director of the GCC Affairs Department in the Kuwait Foreign Ministry, said in statements to KUNA on sidelines of meetings of the Kuwait-UAE joint committee meetings which wrapped up works here yesterday that the Smart Card would allow easy movement within the six member states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE.
He said Kuwait was on its way to apply the measure soon after completing all technical procedures required. The Kuwaiti diplomat said special devisions have been set up to follow up implementation of resolutions adopted by the GCC leaders during their last summit conference, such as the efforts for peaceful nuclear energy use and setting up a Disasters Monitoring Centre in Kuwait.
Al Ghanim commended the GCC for its efforts to deepen joint cooperation in all fields, noting that the GCC works as one bloc. |