The Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr. Abdul Latif Al-Zayani has described as "a criminal cowardly act," the killing of Saudi diplomat Khalaf bin Mohammed Al-Ali in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Tuesday morning. In a statement issued here yesterday, Dr Al-Zayani expressed his deep condolences to the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Al-Ali's family, and the Saudi people on this tragic incidence.