GCC Secretary-General and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Discuss Gulf Efforts to Preserve Regional Security and Stability

Manama, August 27 (KUNA) -- The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jassem Al-Budaiwi, held talks today with Bahraini Foreign Minister Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani on developments in the regional situation and the efforts undertaken by GCC states to preserve regional security and stability and safeguard their supreme interests. The meeting took place during the Bahraini Foreign Minister’s reception of the GCC Secretary-General at the ministry headquarters, on the occasion of his visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. The two sides discussed the strenuous efforts undertaken by the General Secretariat to advance the process of joint GCC action, strengthen ties of integration and cooperation among the member states in all fields, and achieve further accomplishments and aspirations in light of the high directives of the GCC heads of state, which benefit the peoples of the Gulf countries. In the context of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s current chairmanship of the GCC, the two sides reviewed the items on the agenda of the 168th session of the GCC Ministerial Council, scheduled to be held at the General Secretariat headquarters in Riyadh in September. (End) K.N.A. / R.J.