HM the King takes part in GCC-Moroccan Summit

Riyadh, Apr 20 (BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today took part in the GCC-Moroccan Summit held today at Al-Dariya Palace in Riyadh, alongside the GCC leaders and HM King Mohammed VI of Morocco. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addressed the summit, welcoming the GCC leaders in Saudi Arabia and welcoming, in his own name and on behalf of the leaders of the GCC member states, the King of Morocco Mohammed VI, who the GCC member states hold a great reverence for him, for his country and its fraternal people, as well, adding that this meeting is but a reflection of the special and distinct relations, binding GCC member states and Morocco. Your Majesty, King Salman addressing the Moroccan Monarch, asserted in his name and on behalf of the GCC member states' leaders, the keenness to put their bilateral relations with Morocco, at the highest levels, in all political, economic, military and security-related aspects: "As we appreciate your fraternal country's supporting stances for the causes of our countries, recalling, with reverence its participation, in Kuwait liberation war, its initiative to take part, in the Determination Storm, Islamic Military Coalition to combat terrorism, confirming our solidarity and support of all political and security-related issues, concerning your fraternal country, atop of which the Moroccan Sahara issue and our total rejection of any act that may affect Moroccan supreme interests, King Salman stated. Your Majesty, I would like to stress that we pay a great attention to tackle Islamic and Arab nations' issues, including the Palestinian cause and the Syrian and Libyan crises, confirming our keenness on Iraq's security and stability. In Yemen, we are keen to find a solution, in accordance with the GCC initiative, outputs of the national dialogue and the Security Council's resolution no. (2216), hoping that the talks, in Kuwait, would achieve positive progress, in this regard. This meeting will unify our stance, enhance our stances and promote our relations to more wider domains, to best serve the interests of our countries and peoples. HM King Mohammed VI gave a speech addressing the opening session of the Morocco-GCC Summit, in which he said that the Moroccan-Gulf partnership stems its strength from our belief in joint destiny and identical views on issues of common concern. HM King Mohammed VI said "We are therefore meeting today to give strong impetus to this partnership, which has gained in maturity to the extent that we now need to lay down an institutional framework for it, and provide it with practical mechanisms". He added that there can be no better proof than this partnership that Arab joint action cannot be achieved through meetings and speeches, or formal periodic summits and ready-made, inapplicable resolutions. Rather, joint action requires serious endeavors, tangible cooperation and success stories which can be further consolidated and from which we can benefit; the pioneering GCC experience is a shining example in this regard. He pointed that Morocco and GCC countries share and face the same challenges and threats, chiefly at the security level. The Emir of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, delivered a speech in which stressed that the Summit is being held under critical political, economic and security conditions witnessed by Arab and Islamic nations which require intensive join-coordination and cooperation. HH the Emir of Kuwait said that the GCC-Moroccan Summit will provide a great push for the strategic partnership between the GCC countries and Moroccan. HH the Kuwaiti Emir paid tribute to the fraternal ties bonding the GCC countries and Morocco, underlining keenness to further uplift them to higher levels.