King`s Interview with Al-Siyasah Newspaper 3 Kuwait

Q: After thirty years of the GCC foundation, how do you see the performance of its
leaders?


A: The GCC has been consolidated by solidarity between its peoples and leaders. It
needs a lot of sincere work for its progress so that we can leave to future
generations what we are proud of.


At the summit, I stressed a lot on solidarity, and how relations should be between
the GCC states, peoples and leaders. The leadership is a burden and it is
faithfulness that enlighten our hearts and our way for the interest of the homeland
and the nations so that we could be a strong nation.


We should note that the world around us has been troubled, and it has passed an
economic storm. We thank Allah that we have gotten out of it despite the panic
experienced by the people. The world is talking now about an environmental
catastrophe that may have negative effects on the ground.


The world has witnessed and is witnessing problems, some of them have been overcome
and others can be overcome. There are other problems under study. In such a
climate, is it not right to call for greater solidarity among us in the GCC
countries, and even among all Arab countries?


If we do not have solidarity, it will be easy for others to exploit us or we will
be subjected to terms of agendas of some powers, and the world will overwhelm the
weak people. Arabs should learn from past experiences and look at the future with
full responsibility. Although we aspire to much from the GCC, but Arabs can learn
from the fruits of the GCC countries during the last thirty years, and the Gulf
States have the natural right to be in solidarity to the optimum level to be an
effective power and not to be exploited by anyone.


I have been frank with the GCC leaders in the recent summit in Kuwait when I said
that the Kingdom and its leaders seek for the good interest of the GCC countries,
and we want to see the solidarity up to the point of sense of unity. We felt
satisfaction over the solidarity when the GCC leaders announced at beginning of
meetings of the Summit, their full support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in its
confrontation with infiltrators on our borders.


Here it must be noted that this infiltrated handful group is not the real power
that we fight to prevent its evil. The question is who is the real power that
drives this handful group? The fact of the matter is known, and its targets are
known, and why it is in this part of our country.


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