Secretary General of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah held here today a meeting with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the Kingdom Al-Asri Saeed Al-Dhaheri and the Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom Ian Biggs. During the meeting, they discussed ways and means to promote and strengthen the relations between GCC countries and Australia in various fields, particularly the preparations for negotiations on a free trade zone agreement between GCC countries and Australia in accordance with the decision of GCC Supreme Council at its 26th session held in Abu Dhabi 2005.