The 5th GCC-Maghreb Conference organized by King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Darah) in collaboration with Algerian University of Abu Bakr Belkaid, was concluded in the Algerian City of Tlemcen today. The participants in the Conference thanked Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Defence and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Darah, for his continued support for the Conference, calling for encouraging joint research projects between GCC-Maghreb universities and research centers. They also issued a number of recommendations pertaining to the role of higher education in enhancing scientific and educational relations between GCC and Arab Maghreb States. The Conference comes within the Darah's objectives and scientific programs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad in the service of historical sources and as an extension of its cooperation with scientific centers in Arab and Islamic states.