Bahrain stressed ties with GCC, US

Manama : Relations between the GCC and the US are based on clear foundations and strong pillars, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa yesterday.

“They work to achieve joint interests as well as continued coordination towards various issues. This is also to gain strategic and sustainable partnership and ramp up regional security and stability,” he remarked.

Shaikh Khalid was speaking yesterday in a meeting by the GCC Foreign Ministers with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, in Brussels, Belgium.

The meeting discussed the means of bolstering American-GCC relations in various political, defence and security fields. The latest regional developments, combat terrorism and eliminate all of its causes and dry up its funding were discussed in the meeting.