The Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Atiyyah, who is currently on a visit to Britain, met today Foreign Office Minister Baroness Simons here today.
In a statement following the meeting, Al-Atiyyah said that they discussed relations between the GCC, Britain and the European Union, the Middle East peace process, and the situation in Iraq.
He reiterated GCC support of implementation of the ‘Road Map’, and international efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.
On the situation in Iraq, Al-Atiyyah said that GCC member states welcomed the formation of the interim Iraqi Governing Council as a first step to enabling the Iraqi people to regain their national sovereignty.
Source: SPA
