Bahrain

The planned 2,117-kilometer network would link Kuwait City with Muscat through all six Gulf Cooperation Council states.

Bahrain's finance minister said more than 110 announcements worth over $20 billion would be made during the two-day Gateway Gulf Investment Forum, which opened in Manama on Sunday.

Gulf ministers called for joint industrial projects, data centers and a unified export corridor at the World Investment Forum in Doha, as the GCC put the stock of foreign direct investment in member states above $792 billion.

Foreign direct investment into the six GCC states rose 18% to $98.5 billion in 2025, the highest in at least a decade, UNCTAD said, while warning that the Hormuz crisis has sharply weakened investment in 2026.

Tourism revenue in the six Gulf Cooperation Council states rose 9.7% to $131.9 billion in 2025, while tourist arrivals grew 4.9% to 75.7 million, GCC-Stat said.

The International Monetary Fund expects Gulf Cooperation Council economies to contract 4.8% this year before growing 9.1% in 2027.

Bahrain and France signed a memorandum of understanding on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, aimed at building the expertise Bahrain needs for a civilian nuclear program.

Gulf and British officials meeting in London on Tuesday pressed to complete the steps needed for the GCC-UK free trade agreement to take effect, as the Gulf bloc's chief negotiator put its potential annual benefit to the region at about $5 billion.

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