His Excellency Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Minister of State, led the UAE delegation at the 8th Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and the Russian Federation, held today in Sochi, Russia.
The meeting was co-chaired by His Excellency Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and His Excellency Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait, and was attended by Their Excellencies the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the GCC member states, heads of delegations, and the GCC Secretary-General.
The discussions addressed developments in regional and international political issues of mutual interest, while emphasizing the importance of strengthening cooperation between the GCC member states and the Russian Federation, maintaining dialogue and advancing strategic relations between the two sides.