DEPUTY OF HM THE KING TAKES PART IN GCC CONSULTATIVE MEETING

DEPUTY OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING  CROWN PRINCE  SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA TOOK PART TODAY,  ALONG WITH GCC  LEADERS, IN THE 11 GCC CONSULTATIVE MEETING.

A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED INCLUDING  STEPS TAKEN FOR THE SETTING  UP OF THE GCC MONETARY UNION.THE GCC LEADERS ALSO  BROUGHT UNDER THE  SPOTLIGHT MECHANISMS BEING ADOPTED TO BOOST  COOPERATION AMONG THE GCC  MEMBER STATES, INCLUDING ELECTRICITY CONNECTION AND  RAILWAYS CREATION TO  ENSURE EASY FLOW OF TRADE.

REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, INCLUDING MAINLY  THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE  PROCESS WERE ALSO DEBATED.THE GCC LEADERS  UNDERLINED THE NEED TO  IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING THE  ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE, SO  AS TO ACHIEVE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE’S ASPIRATIONS  FOR PEACE AND THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR INDEPENDENT STATE.

THE LEADERS ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF  RESOLVING REGIONAL PROBLEMS  THROUGH DIALOGUE AND DIPLOMATIC WORK IN ORDER TO  STEER THE REGION AWAY  FROM TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS.

THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND WAYS OF AVERTING ITS  NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE  GCC COUNTRIES WERE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED.