The GCC Ministerial Council, which comprises the Foreign Ministers, will hold its 93rd session in Manama on Tuesday. The Foreign Ministers will review issues pertaining to the 25th session for the GCC Supreme Council, due to be held in Bahrain on Dec 20-21, 2004. A joint meeting of Foreign and Finance Ministers of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is also scheduled to take place on December 7 to review a number of key economic issues of interest to the six-nation council. Meanwhile, GCC Secretary General Abdulrahman Al-Atiyyah said the GCC ministerial council will discuss the issue of terrorism, the Iraqi occupation of the UAE's Islands, the GCC-Iranian relations, the current situation in Iraq and the peace process in the Middle East. The GCC is made up of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
