Riyadh commented. "Moreover these countries face the problem of illiteracy as well as the problem of development. In the light of these facts it will be impossible to set up applicable bases for such proposed regional union taking into account the fact that the demographic construction in these countries are dominated by tribal and sectarian elements," it said. "In addition, there are problems pertaining to per capita income, obstacles of languages and the material capabilities with the exception of Turkey and Iran, said the paper, adding that no country will accept the cost of raising the standards of these countries at the expense of its internal development. As regards the security issue, these countries lack advanced and developed armies and even if some of them have these capabilities then their targets are unknown and they may be expansionist targets." Anyway, the idea is theoretically accepted but it is not applicable for so may reasons, and obstacles are greater than hopes, and there remains a question "Are the Arabs capable of settling their problems and reaching a durable form of solidarity?"
