General Secretariat - Riyadh
His Excellency Mr Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), announced that the 161st Ministerial Council meeting of the Cooperation Council will be held on Monday (September 9, 2024) at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Riyadh.
The meeting will be chaired by His Excellency Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, President of the current session of the Ministerial Council. The meeting will be attended by Their Highnesses and Excellencies the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the GCC countries.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the seventh joint ministerial meeting for the strategic dialogue between the GCC and the Russian Federation will take place, in the attendance of His Excellency Mr Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Additionally, the joint ministerial meeting for the strategic dialogue between the GCC and the Republic of India will be held with the presence of His Excellency Mr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of India. The joint ministerial meeting between the Cooperation Council and the Republic of Brazil will also take place, to be attended by His Excellency Mr Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
His Excellency the Secretary General emphasised that the GCC Ministerial Council will discuss several reports regarding the implementation of decisions made by the Supreme Council of the GCC during the 44th Summit held in Doha in December 2023. The Council will also review memoranda and reports submitted by the ministerial and technical committees and the General Secretariat, as well as topics related to dialogues and strategic relations between the GCC countries and various nations and global blocs. Furthermore, the Council will address the latest regional and international developments affecting the region.
His Excellency indicated that the joint meetings with the Russian, Indian, and Brazilian delegations, which will be conducted separately on the sidelines of the 161st Ministerial Council meeting, reflect the GCC countries’ commitment to exploring and opening new horizons for cooperation. These meetings aim to strengthen strategic relations with countries and organisations worldwide. Several topics will be discussed in various fields that serve the common interests of both sides and yield benefits for their peoples.