Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf stressed the importance of strengthening the economic relations between the GCC and the Republic of South Africa and ways to develop opportunities for trade and investment partnership to serve common interests. This came during his meeting here today with Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mogobo David Magabe. During the meeting, they discussed the latest developments in the international arena, and exchanged views on the regional developments, as well as ways of joint cooperation between the GCC countries and the Republic of South Africa.