A delegation of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) headed by Dr.Yousef Al-Sadoun, the Under Secretary for Economic and Cultural Affairs at the Saudi Foreign Ministry, concluded today its meetings with Chinese officials in Beijing. During these meetings, the two sides completed preparations to convene the first round of GCC-Chinese negotiations on free trade agreement, scheduled to take place at the headquarters of the GCC General Secretariat in Riyadh next January. The GCC is made up of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
