The Joint Strategic Dialogue between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States and Australia will be held here later today with the participation of senior officials from the two sides to prepare for the next joint ministerial meeting to be held later this year (2012). The GCC Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Dialogue and Negotiations Affairs, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Ouwaisheq, said that the meeting will discuss the draft of an action plan for cooperation between the GCC States and Australia during the period 2012-2015, including cooperation in all fields, especially trade, investment, economy, energy, agriculture, political spheres.