Kuwait's First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chaired the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States side of the at the 3rd joint ministerial meeting of the strategic dialogue between the GCC states and the Russian Federation, which kicked off in the city of Kuwait today. The delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the meeting was headed by Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. GCC foreign ministers or their deputies took part in the meeting in addition to the GCC Secretary General Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani. During the meeting, bilateral relations and ways of cooperation and coordination between the GCC states and Russia in addition to the regional and international issues of mutual concern were discussed.