GCC to hold 161st Ministerial Council Meeting in Riyadh

Riyadh: The 161st Ministerial Council meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), chaired by Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and attended by GCC ministers of foreign affairs, will be held on Monday at the Secretariat General's headquarters, Riyadh. GCC will also have separate ministerial meetings with Russia, India and Brazil.

The seventh GCC-Russia strategic dialogue ministerial meeting will be held with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, the GCC-India meeting with Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and the GCC-Brazil meeting with Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira. In a press release issued today, GCC Secretary General Jasem Albudaiwi said the GCC Ministerial Council will discuss reports regarding implementing decisions taken by the GCC Supreme Council during the 44th Summit held in Doha in December 2023. The council will also review memoranda, reports submitted by the ministerial and technical committees and the General Secretariat, and topics related to dialogue and strategic relations between the GCC countries and various countries and global blocs. The council will also address the latest regional and international developments in the region.

Albudaiwi said that the meetings with the Russian, Indian and Brazilian delegations reflect the GCC countries' commitment to exploring and opening new horizons for cooperation. These meetings, he said, aim to strengthen strategic relations with countries and organizations worldwide. Topics that concern all sides and yield benefits for their people will be discussed at these meetings, Albudaiwi said.