"The stakes have been raised in attempts to revive talks between the GCC and the European Union over a free-trade agreement after Arabian Gulf states threatened not to renew a cooperation deal between the two blocs.
The GCC will not sign a new joint cooperation programme with the EU that involves sharing information on topics ranging from finance to climate change until both sides resolve differences over a trade agreement, the Kuwait News Agency quoted Ghanim Al Buainain, Bahrain's minister of state for foreign affairs, as saying. The current three-year programme is due to lapse this year.
Mr Al Buainain was speaking ahead of the GCC-EU Joint Ministerial Council meeting in Manama yesterday to discuss issues including the trade deal and the conflict in Syria."
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