Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Saud Alkabeer, Assistant Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs, met with Abdulrahman bin Hamad Alatiyyah, the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council at the headquarters of the GCC General Secretariat in Riyadh on Monday. In a press statement following the meeting, Prince Turki bin Mohammed said that they discussed the topic of the International Conference for Combating Terrorism due to be held upon the Kingdom's request on February 5-8, 2005, noting that the Kingdom has received extremely positive and encouraging replies from many countries expressing their desires for actively taking part in the conference.