PARIS (Reuters) - Gulf Cooperation Council countries are set to begin talks on Morocco and Jordan joining the GCC to boost its political and military clout, a Bahraini envoy said on Thursday, in the face of a perceived growing Iranian threat.
The GCC, a loose bloc grouping Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, said this week it would consider a request by the two Arab monarchies to join.
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