The Foreign Ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States and the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, started here today the first ministerial meeting of GCC-U.S. Strategic Cooperation Forum, in the presence of GCC Secretary General Abdul-Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani. The Forum discussed overall relations and prospective cooperation between the two sides in various political, economic, commercial and cultural fields, political situations in the region, and regional and international issues of common interest.