Akhir 29, 1432 / April 03, 2011, SPA -- The Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council held a special session at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council in Riyadh, under the chairmanship of Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, the current chairman of the Ministerial Council and in the presence of Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Prince Saud al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait. The meeting was attended by Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, the Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States. The Ministerial Council reviewed the latest developments in the region, and expressed deep concern for the continuation of Iranian interferences in the internal affairs of the GCC countries through conspiracy against their national security and spreading division and sectarian strife among their citizens in violation of their sovereignty, independence, the principles of good neighborliness, international norms and laws, the Charter of the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Conference. In this regard, the council expressed its condemnation of Iran's blatant interference in the affairs of the State of Kuwait by planting spy networks on its territories to harm the security, stability and the interests of its citizens. Paying tribute to the efficient security services in Kuwait, the council emphasizes the support of the GCC countries for all actions taken by the State of Kuwait for the protection of its national security, on the basis of the principle of the interdependence of the collective security of the GCC countries. --More
