Minister of Interior Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz, who is also the President of Civil Defense Council, has expressed thanks and appreciation to the heads of the Civil Defense in member states of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council, who participated in their 19th session hosted by the Saudi General Directorate of Civil Defense in Riyadh last month. This came in a reply cable to the GCC Secretary General, Abdurrahman Hammed Al-Attiyah, who had earlier sent Prince Naif a cable of thanks and appreciation. Prince Naif said "We impart our duty towards brothers in the GCC countries, which is in implementation of our leaders' directives who seek to raise the level of cooperation and coordination among the GCC countries."