The Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab States Abdullah bin Juma' Al-Shibli signed today a Memorandum of Understanding between the GCC General Secretariat and International Organization for International Transport and Railways for the accession of the GCC states and General Secretariat to the membership of the Organization based in the city of Berne, Switzerland. The memorandum comes in implementation of the decision of the GCC Ministers of Transport and Communications emanating from the importance of the railway project in the GCC countries to ensure that it is compatible with international projects.