GCC Leaders hold first closed-door session

Muscat, December 29, SPA -- Leaders of the countris of the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) held the first closed-door session of the
29th Summit of the GCC Supreme Council. The session was chaired by
Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman.

During the session, the GCC leaders will discuss issues and topics on
the agenda presented to them by the GCC Ministerial Council. The
agenda includes a number of political, economic, military, security,
social files and other issues concerning the GCC cooperation and
integration as well as the overall developments in the region at the
regional and international levels.

The leaders will also review a report by the GCC Secretary General
Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al Atiiyah on GCC progress since the previous
28th session, which was held in Doha, Qatar.

--SPA