MNA Iranian Parliament Speaker Special Aide on International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council enjoys neither cooperation not council.
In a Sunday tweet, he wrote, Neither council nor cooperation remains from the PGCC; #Bahrain in legitimacy deficit, Saudis in #Khashoggi scandal & Riyadh&Abu Dhabi in #Yemen retreat.
Requirement for strong region is Saudi-Emirati cooperation & establishment of new regional arrangement with #Iran & Iraq, he added, also posting the following photo.
The 39th PGCC Summitwas held yesterday in Riyadh in the absence of Qatari Emir and Sultan of Oman.
Many analysts believe that the body is largely symbolic and doesnt play a functional role in enhancing cooperation between member states.
Mahjoob Zweiri, director of the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University, told Aljazeera, "Without the council, Saudi Arabia has no power in the region It puts Saudi Arabia in the leadership position both economically and more so politically. That's why they insist on maintaining the PGCC council.
