Leaders and Heads of Delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States vowed full support for the Kingdom of Bahrain in defiance of foreign threats and interference, urged Yemeni rivals to come to reason and sign reconciliation pact and welcomed the recently-concluded Cairo agreement between Palestinian main factions. During their 13th consultative meeting at Dir'iya Palace in Riyadh this evening held under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the leaders also reviewed the latest developments of the common march of the GCC since the convening of the GCC summit in the United Arab Emirates last December. In a press statement following the meeting, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Secretary General of the GCC, said the leaders and heads of delegations fully sided Bahrain and vowed to unite in one line to face any danger engulfing any of the group's member countries. They lauded the prudence of the leadership of the Kingdom of Bahrain and faithfulness of its people, confirming that the security of the GCC member countries is an integral issue and that the preservation of stability and security is a collective responsibility, citing the entrance of the Peninsula Shield Forces into Bahrain as per security and defense joint agreements of the GCC member countries. To this effect, they praised the decision of the Bahraini government to lift the State of National Safety as of the first of June 2011. --More
