Yemeni officials have also requested admission to the Gulf Cooperation Council. Up to now, GCC leaders have spurned Yemen’s membership for the same reasons that the European Union fears admitting Turkey: Yemen would instantly become the bloc’s most populous country.
也门官员也曾经要求加入波斯湾合作理事会。然而，到目前为止，出于和欧盟对土耳其加入欧盟同样的担心，波斯湾合作理事会拒绝了也门的加入请求：也门会立即成为理事会中人口最多的国家。