Experts from member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Turkey concluded here on Sunday a preparatory meeting for strategic dialogue between the Council and the Turkish Republic. During the meeting, they reviewed aspects of relations between the GCC countries and the Turkish Republic and ways of supporting and developing the relations between the two sides, particularly with regard to the progress of negotiations between them on a free trade agreement. This meeting comes in preparation for the upcoming meeting of the foreign ministers of both sides on the 7th of September. --MORE
