PRINCE SAUD ALFAISAL, THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CURRENT SESSION OF PREPARATORY MINISTERIAL COUNCIL FOR THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COUNTRIES (GCC) " JABER SUMMIT'' DUE TO BE HELD IN RIYADH ON DECEMBER 9-10 AND ABDULRAHMAN BIN HAMAD AL-ATIYYAH, THE GCC SECRETARY GENERAL HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE HERE TODAY FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF SESSION 101 OF THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL. IN HIS SPEECH, AL-ATIYYAH HIGHLIGHTED THE DIRECTIVE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO NAME THE GCC SUMMIT AS JABER SUMMIT IN RECOGNITION OF THE PIONEERING ROLE OF LATE SHEIKH JABER AL-AHMED AL-SABAH IN SUPPORT OF THE JOINT GULF MARCH. ON HIS PART, PRINCE SAUD SAID THAT THE SESSION PREPARES THE AGENDA AND DRAFT RESOLUTIONS FOR GCC LEADERS. REPLYING TO A QUESTION ON DISPATCHING A DELEGATION FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN ON ITS NUCLEAR FILE, PRINCE SAUD SAID THE DELEGATION HAS NOT BEEN FORMED, BUT IT WAS AGREED TO CONTACT WITH TEHRAN. REAL PREOCCUPATION FOCUSES ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS ON THE GULF COASTS, HE NOTED AND ADDED THAT THEY ARE REAL RISKS. HE HOPED THAT IRAN COOPERATES WITH GCC COUNTRIES TO PUT CONTROLS FOR NON-OCCURRENCE OF PROBABLE DISASTERS. THE REGION IS SENSITIVE AND MANY INTERESTS ARE LINKED WITH IT, THUS COOPERATION IS REQUESTED BY ALL PARTIES, HE SAID. --MORE
