GCC Finance Undersecretaries to Meet in Doha

Riyadh, March 29 (QNA) - Undersecretaries of Finance Ministries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States will hold Monday in Doha a preparatory meeting for the upcoming meeting of the GCC Committee on Financial and Economic Cooperation slated for May in Doha. The Undersecretaries will discuss a range of topics including the recommendations of the GCC States Central Banks Governors' committee and the GCC Customs Union Authority regarding the updates on the completion of the requirements of the Customs Union Authority in addition to the recommendations of the Committee on the Gulf Common Market. They will also discuss the recommendations on the amendments proposed by the Industrial Cooperation Committee on the controls to exempt industry inputs, and on the general framework for the study of deepening economic integration among the GCC countries, in addition to the report by the General Secretariat on the priorities of the GCC countries, which suggest the resumption of negotiations with countries and economic groups, and the proposals submitted by GCC States on the activation of economic integration among Member States. (QNA)