The Foreign Ministers of The Cooperation Council for The Arab States of The Gulf (GCC) have stressed their commitment and keenness on doing all matters that enhance security, stability and sovereignty of its member states, commending the important role played by the Peninsula Shield Forces in achieving security, stability, and defending and protecting the national and collective achievements and capabilities of GCC member states. In a final statement issued at the end of the 119th session of the GCC Ministerial Council concluded in Jeddah on Tuesday evening, the Ministers commended the Ministerial Decree issued by Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on the end of the national safety situation and his directives to executive and legislative authorities to start a comprehensive and unconditional dialogue for the national consensus effective from July 1st. The Council appreciated the positive role played by the State of Qatar under the leadership of Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, in support of the peace and development process in Darfur, in the Sudan. The Council expressed its satisfaction over the GCC achievements in economic, military, security, social, legal, cultural, and information fields. In the field of combating terrorism, the Council affirmed the positions of the GCC member States to renounce violence and extremism in all its forms and manifestations, whatever might be its motives and justifications. --MORE
