Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al Hajraf, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and Nagaoka Kansuke, Assistant Foreign Minister and Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, discussed ways to enhance the GCC-Japanese relations. This came during Al Hajraf's reception of the Assistant Foreign Minister and Director-General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, today at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Riyadh. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of joint cooperation in various fields among the two sides and ways to strengthen them towards broader horizons to serve common interests, in addition to debating the latest developments in regional and international issues.