5/23/2010
Kuwaiti FM highlights importance of GCC ministeral meeting
KUWAIT, May 23 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Sunday the 115th meeting of the GCC Ministerial Council would discuss a range of highly-important regional issues.
"The meeting, due in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, later today, will review the security situation in the Gulf region, the Iranian nuclear file, the GCC customs union and partnership talks with world's leading economic blocs," Sheikh Dr. Mohammad told KUNA ahead of leaving for Jeddah to chair the meeting.
"The GCC initiated a strategic dialogue with Turkey and prepares for a similar dialogue with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in late May," he noted.
"Preparations are underway for strategic dialogue between the GCC and China while Kuwait will host a similar dialogue between the regional bloc and Russia late this year," he revealed.
"This kind of networking between the GCC and the major international players aims to coordinate stances on a host of international political and economic issues of common concern," Sheikh Dr. Mohammad pointed out.
Commenting on His Highness the Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's recent tour of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, he said it opened a new chapter of Arab collaboration and solidarity.
He added that he would brief the GCC ministerial meeting on the outcome of the tour.
Asked about the recent Iran-Turkey-Brazil accord on exchanging nuclear fuel, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad said: "The Iranian move constitutes a step on the right track." "We don't doubt Iran's desire to solve the nuclear standoff with the West through peaceful means and within the framework of the international legitimacy; but we don't know the details of the accord," he said Iran is reportedly scheduled to send to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a letter including the details of the accord on Monday.
Sheikh Dr. Mohammad refused to comment on the pro-Iran espionage ring which was dismantled by the Kuwaiti security services recently, saying the issue is being probed by the judiciary authority.
KUNA
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