Saudi Envoy highlights importance of 29th GCC Summit

Riyadh, December 27, SPA -- The Saudi Ambassador to Sultanate of Oman
Abdulaziz bin Suleiman Al-Turki reiterated today the importance of
the 29th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation
Council to be held in Muscat on Monday and Tuesday as taking place at
a time when regional and international political changes and economic
repercussions will be a challenge to the GCC and provide a stimulus
to re-double GCC efforts, speed up performance and remove obstacles
to joint action.

In a statement to Saudi Press Agency, he said that the Omani
capital-Muscat will be the focus of attention of the citizens of the
GCC as they attach hopes and aspirations to the meeting of their
leaders to push ahead works of the Council to achieve the desired
objectives in all areas. "Moreover, the GCC citizens are also looking
forward to further achievements particularly in the areas that affect
their lives in the GCC countries. They are also inspired by the
contents of a speech delivered by the Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in the Muscat Summit in
2001, in which he had said "We do not need to have summits that only
improvise emotional decisions that die short before the ink dried on
the paper on which these decisions are written on. Truly, we need to
have summits of reflections and analysis that yield logical and
realistic decisions implemented in accordance with reasonable
timetables."

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