Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier, Defense and Aviation Minister and Inspector General, has highlighted the GCC relations, and said the establishment of the GCC embodies these existing deep-rooted relations. Crown Prince Sultan, in statements published in the Qatari al-Sharq newspaper today, said the GCC leaders have expressed the existing fraternal relations by establishing the GCC. Prince Sultan said the GCC has proved its capability as regards confronting the challenges adding that the developments in a unstable regional environment makes it necessary to continue in the development of the performance of the GCC and coordination of policies and stands. 'The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar are fraternal neighboring countries, and they have been maintaining historical relations which are governed by the bonds of kinship and the common fate as the case with other GCC member states', he noted. --more
