SECRETARY GENERAL OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL ABDULRAHMAN BIN HAMAD ALA'TEYAH AND A NUMBER OF THE GCC OFFICIALS MET HERE TODAY WITH A DELEGATION OF THE COMMON MARKET OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA). THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN DJIBOUTI RAFQI ABDULQADIR BAMAKHRAMAH. DURING THE MEETING ASPECTS OF BOOSTING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS OF COUNTRIES WERE DISCUSSED. IN A PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE MEETING, ALA'TEYAH AND BAMAKHRAMAH HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.