Peace, security, terrorism are subjects at Gulf Summit

Sheikh Jabir Al-Ahmed El-Sabah of Kuwait inaugurates today the 18th summit meeting for the leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The summit is to be attended by all kings, princes, presidents of the council's six member countries, Saudi Arabia- Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman Sultanate, and Kuwait. The summit is scheduled to last 3 days.

The Gulf Summit will discuss the crisis with which the peace process is faced and how it affects the Gulf countries and the Arab world. In addition the leaders will discuss means of supporting security through establishing early warning networks in each country and linking those to a unified net in the Gulf countries.

Terrorism, extremism and violence will be discussed at the summit. It will also discuss other security issues: economic, military, and natural.

The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council recently concluded their meeting which preceded the summit. This meeting laid the groundwork for the summit by discussing economic, military and security issues.