Secretary General of the Riyadh-based Gulf Cooperation Council Abdulrahman bin Hamad Alatiyyah welcomed today the announcement of Arab Gulf Journalism Federation which decided to take Manama as permanent base. In a statement to mark the event, Alatiyyah also lauded the unlimited support rendered by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and other GCC leaders for joint GCC communities and associations, noting that the king's support for the GCC Journalism Federation is enough to guarantee its success. He considered the establishment of the GCC Journalism Federation a qualitative step in the joint media march of the member states of the GCC.
