Ministers in charge of Municipality Affairs in the GCC member countries held a meeting in Doha today under the chairmanship of Qatar's Minister of Municipality and Constructional Planning Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa Al Thani. Prince Dr. Mansour bin Mit'eb bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led his country's delegation to the meeting. In a press statement following the meeting, Prince Mansour bin Mit'eb bin Abdulaziz extended thanks to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, government ministers and Qatari people for their warm welcome and generous hospitality. He said a number of decisions and recommendations were issued on constructional planning and environment and public utilities health. He underestimated the impact of the second economic boom and the constructional expansion witnessed by the Kingdom and the rest GCC member states, saying that the boom's challenges are solved only through strategic planning. He said proposals submitted by the Kingdom and Sultanate of Oman on natural disasters were approved by the meeting. On the joint strategy to promote the municipal work in the Kingdom and GCC countries, he said the Kingdom has put its strategy in collaboration with local and foreign consultative houses for this end. The strategy is being gradually studied, he concluded.
