Prince Saud Al-Faisal went on to iterate that the political, economic and cultural challenges facing the Arab nation are of the size and quality that can not be dealt with and overcome without a joint political will and a solid and creative vision enabling us to grasp the essence of these problems and their updates, needing a minimum of solidarity and cooperation to show that we are able to take charge of matters affecting the destiny of us. He made clear that if the goal is to reach Arab Union resembling the European Union, then it is indispensable for initiating the necessary steps to reach the level of economic integration, which requires the rapid adoption of the following: First: the full implementation of the Greater Arab commercial area and removal of the remainder of any administrative and other obstacles. Second: the serious work to form the customs union as decided in the Kuwait Economic, Development and Social summit. Third: the implementation of projects that link "our economy", especially in the sectors of electricity, railways and roads which were already adopted with implemantation partly going on. Prince Al-Faisal confirmed that immediately after the end of the study for the restructuring and the completion of the necessary steps to do so, then "we can move to the next stage in the process of unification of the Arab economy", conditioning that the Economic and Social Council follows up the necessary steps leading to it. The Minister of Foreign Affairs concluded that concerning the ideas being put forward to develop the mechanism of political action, the matter could be discussed based on the observations received from the Arab countries, regardless of the mechanism that would be agreed upon to accomplish what is required. --SPA 23:34 LOCAL TIME 20:34 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/763894