PRINCE SAUD ALFAISAL, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, ADDRESSED HERE TODAY THE 101ST PREPARATORY SESSION OF THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL FOR THE 27TH SESSION OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COUNTRIES. THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S SPEECH FOCUSED ON GCC ISSUES AND ARAB CAUSES. ON IRAQ, THE MINISTER STRESSED CONCERN FOR THE SECURITY, UNITY AND SAFETY OF IRAQ. ON LEBANON, HE URGED THE LEBANESE TO WORK FOR THEIR UNITY, SECURITY AND STABILITY. ON NAMING THE SUMMIT, HE STATED THAT SAUDI ARABIA HAS DECIDED TO NAME THE FORTHCOMING GCC SUMMIT AS "SHEIKH JABIR SUMMIT" AFTER THE LATE SHEIKH JABIR ALAHMAD ALSABAH. ON ECONOMIC GCC COOPERATION, THE MINISTER CALLED FOR MAKING GCC CITIZENS EQUAL IN ALL COOPERATION FIELDS. FOLLOWING THE SPEECH, THE GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD A CLOSED-DOOR SESSION.
