By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS
JEDDAH: The Council of Ministers on Monday emphasized the Gulf Cooperation Council’s leading role in preserving the security and stability of the region over the past three decades while calling for greater GCC coordination to counter “dangerous” developments.
The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah at Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, made the statement while reviewing the resolutions taken by GCC defense ministers during a meeting in Abu Dhabi and a meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Riyadh last week.
The Abu Dhabi meeting had decided to strengthen joint GCC defense systems in the face of increasing threats to member countries. It also decided to set up a GCC marine security coordination center in Manama to confront challenges being faced by navigation in the Arabian Gulf, Oman Sea and Red Sea.
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