Abdulrahman bin Hamad Alatiyyah, Secretary General of the Riyadh-based Gulf Cooperation Council, today denied press reports that the forthcoming GCC consultative summit will be held in the UAE capital of Abu-Dhabi in the second half of the current month of May. In a press statement, Alatiyyah said consultations are still underway between the Secretariat General of the GCC and its host country: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to fix the venue and date of the consultative meeting of the GCC leaders. Whenever a result was reached, it would immediately be announced, he said, adding that it has been approved that the consultative meeting should be held in May every year in the GCC host country.
