Sudeiry, the Editor-in-chief of Al-Riyadh newspaper, underlined the importance of enabling the Gulf press to perform its mission in satisfactory manner. He called for confronting the challenges which face the Gulf press through dialogue with others. Meanwhile, the Federation's Secretary General Nasser al-Salih said the meeting will lead to adopting a working plan for realizing the desired goals. "The federation is fully aware of the responsibility it should shoulder for the service of the national causes," he said. The meeting was attended by undersecretary of the culture and information ministry for information affairs Dr Abdullah al-Jasser and a number of press men.