Dr. Abdulaziz bin Hamad Al-Owaisheq, the Gulf Cooperation Council Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Negotiations, received at his office in Riyadh today the Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mekeli Cervoni De Orso. During the meeting, regional and international issues as well as aspects of cooperation between the GCC and EU under the framework of the Joint cooperation agreement signed by the two sides in 1988 and discuss regional issues and ways to combat terrorism and extremism.