Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries held the first working session of the 96th round of talks of the Ministerial Council at the conferences palace in Jeddah tonight under the chairmanship of Bahrain's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, who is the chairman of the current round. During the session, the participants will be briefed on a report submitted by the Secretary General of the GCC and will discuss the agenda of the session.