DEFENSE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS AND CHIEFS OF NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL MEMBER STATES HELD HERE TODAY THEIR SECOND EXTRAORDINARY MEETING, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. ADDRESSING THE MEETING, PRINCE ABDULRAHMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ WELCOMED THE CONFEREES IN THE NAME OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, WISHING THEM GOOD STAY IN THEIR SECOND COUNTRY: THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND SUCCESS OF THEIR MEETING. HE SAID THE MEETING COMES AMID CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE REGION IN GENERAL AND NEIGHBORING IRAQ IN PARTICULAR AND AS A RESPONSE TO THE CALL OF THE GCC LEADERS IN THEIR LAST CONSULTATIVE MEETING TO PROBE HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN IRAQ SO THAT WE COULD FORGE A CONCERTED STANCE THAT EVADES OUR COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES THE WORSE THAT MIGHT COME. --MORE
