GCC, US officials reaffirm commitment for security cooperation

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Thursday 20 Aug 2015 - 14:19 Makkah mean time-5-11-1436 (File image) Riyadh, (IINA) - Senior security officials and diplomats from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and the United States concluded a meeting of the joint group against terrorism here on Wednesday with a renewed commitment to combat the terrorist acts as well as the Iranian moves to destabilize the Gulf Region, according to media reports. The two-day meeting gains additional significance in the light of the recent terrorist attacks in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, said the GCC Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Owaisheq. "The two sides discussed the possible impacts of the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group on the region which require intensified cooperation between the strategic partners," the GCC senior official pointed out, KUNA reported. "The officials underscored, in a joint press release following the meeting, the importance of the agreement reached by the GCC-US Camp David Summit on May 14, 2015, on the need of intensified efforts to protect the security and stability of the Gulf Region, combat terrorism and face up to the hostile attempts by Iran. "They also renewed commitment to the Joint Statement of the GCC-US Foreign Ministers meeting in Doha on August 3, relating to the combat against the ISIL organization and the Iranian interventions in the Gulf Region," Dr. Al-Owaisheq went on. The officials reaffirmed condemnation of the despicable bomb attacks on mosques in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in July as well as the attacks on security men in Abha city, Saudi Arabia, on August 6. They expressed profound concern over the seizure by Kuwaiti security services of large quantities of munitions and the detection of a terrorist design targeting Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. "They commended the efforts of the security services in the GCC which led to the break-up of terrorist cells and foiled serious plots against the security of the region,” Al-Owaisheq added. SM/IINA