New York: Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi met Friday with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal Paulo Rangel, on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Discussions during meeting dealt with relations between the GCC and Portugal and ways to develop and strengthen them to serve common interests.
They also touched on GCC-EU relations. The two sides agreed to set a date within the next few days to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed upon between the two sides.
Regarding the GCC-European issue, the Secretary-General expressed his aspiration for the joint ministerial meeting to be held in Kuwait on October 6, noting that this meeting is a continuation of the first GCC-EU Summit held in Brussels in October 2024.
He stressed the importance of materializing the outcomes of this summit into tangible steps and real results.
