First consultation meeting for the GCC member states on Monday

Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council will hold on Monday in Jeddah, their first consultation meeting with the objective of following up on the implementation of decisions and recommendations already taken in the annual summit meetings and to discuss latest developments in the Gulf region and international arenas.

The GCC assistant secretary general for political affairs Hamad al-Saleiti said in a statement to the Saudi daily Okaz on Thursday explained that the work agenda of the GCC consultation summit, which will be chaired by the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan, whose country is currently presiding over the GCC leaders' higher council, will be open and that there is no prepared schedule is the case with annual GCC summits.

Al-Saleiti added that all issues and topics to be discussed during the summit will be left open to the will of the GCC leaders and that there will be no final statement as has been the case with all GCC summits.

However, in their recent summit conference held in Abu Dhabi, the GCC leaders approved convening a biannual GCC consultation summit in Saudi Arabia.