The GCC Defense Ministers left Jeddah today after participating in the first consultative meeting of the GCC Joint Defense Council. At King Abdulaziz International Airport, they were seen off by Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense and a number of civil and military officials. They were Kuwait's Premier and Minister of Defense Lt. General Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah; Bahrain's Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Lt. General Doctor, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa; Sultanate of Oman's Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs, Badr bin Saud bin Hareb Al-Busaidi; Qatar's Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Maj. Gen. Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyah; UAE's Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense, Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Bawardi.