AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH. THEN SULTAN QABOOS BIN SAEED OF OMAN, DELIVERED A SPEECH IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED HIS GREAT APPRECIATION OF AND THANKS TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED EFFORTS EXERTED AT THE SUMMIT AND FOR THE GENEROUS HOSPITALITY AND WARM WELCOME EXTENDED TO THEM. SULTAN QABOOS EXPRESSED HIS PLEASURE TO HOST THE NEXT GCC IN OMAN SULTANATE. THE KINGDOM'S DELEGATION TO THE SUMMIT INCLUDED CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ. DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL; PRINCE MITEB BIN ABDULAZIZ, MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AND RURAL AFFAIRS; PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR; PRINCE SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE GOVERNOR OF RIYADH REGION; PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL, THE FOREIGN MINISTER; DR. GHAZI AL-GOSAIBI, THE MINISTER OF LABOR; DR. IBRAHIM AL-ASSAF, THE FINANCE MINISTER AND IYAD BIN AMIN MADANI, THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION.