THE LEADERS OF THE ARAB GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL EXPRESSED THEIR PLEASURE OVER ATTENDING THE 8TH CONSULTATIVE MEETING HERE TODAY AND EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. IN AN ARRIVAL STATEMENT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYID AL NAHAYAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GCC CURRENT SESSION, SAID THAT THE GCC SUMMIT WILL DISCUSS OVERALL SITUATIONS, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THE COORDINATION OF THE GCC STANDS AND VISIONS TOWARDS THEM FOR THE INTEREST OF THEIR COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES. IN A SIMILAR STATEMENT, BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA HOPED THAT THE SUMMIT WILL ACHIEVE A NEW ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE GCC JOINT PROCESS TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS AND AMBITIONS OF ALL THEIR PEOPLES. ON HIS PART, FAHD BIN MAHMOOD AL SAEED, OMAN'S DEPUTY PREMIER FOR CABINET'S AFFAIRS NOTED THAT THE SUMMIT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STRENGTHENING JOINT WORK MECHANISMS OF THE GCC PROCESS.
