Prince Abdulrahman Bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, left Kuwait tonight after having taken part in the 23rd conference of defense ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries. He was seen off by Kuwait's Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Almubarak Alsabah, Saudi Ambassador to Kuwait Ahmed bin Hamad Alyahya and senior officials. Earlier today, Prince Abdulrahman met with the staff members of the Saudi embassy in Kuwait. In a statement to the press following the end of the joint defense council's conference, Prince Abdulrahman described the meeting as successful. In reply to a question on the Saudi initiative to deploy Islamic forces in Iraq, he said the initiative is a matter of the past, confirming that nothing has been decided in this regard.