Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council tonight concluded their 107th Ministerial Meeting in this resort city of Jeddah. Presided over by Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, who is also President of the rotating presidency of the Ministerial Council, the meeting expressed deep feelings of grief and sorrow on the death of former Emir of Kuwait Sheikh / Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, and Sheikh / Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. The Ministerial Council praised the International Islamic Conference on Dialogue, organized by the Muslim World League upon initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, which was held in Makkah last week aiming at laying the foundations for dialogue among followers of divine religions and man-inspired philosophies. The Ministerial Council also expressed appreciation of the efforts made by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, who is also Chairman of the Supreme Council for GCC, and resulting in bringing together the Lebanese factions under "Doha agreement," culminating previous efforts undertaken by the Arab League and the Arab ministerial committee. The Ministerial Council welcomed the election of Michel Suleiman, as Lebanon's new President, stressing the need to crown the Doha agreement with the formation of a government of national unity and to begin a national dialogue. The Ministerial Council also congratulated Bahrain for winning the membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council. --More
