Gulf foreign ministers to discuss Iraq crisis

The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are to convene the meetings of their usual session N 70 at GCC headquarters in Riyadh on March 16 - 17.

The meetings will be headed by United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Rashed Bin Abdullah al-Noaimi.

The meetings will discuss the situation in the Gulf in the shadow of the last Iraqi threats against Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and Baghdad's non-compliance to United Nations resolutions.

The ministers will also discuss the development of the peace process in the Middle East, the repercussions of the halt in the peace process on stability in the area and the problem of the three Gulf islands claimed by the UAE and occupied by Iran.