Gulf ministers set to gather in Istanbul
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Daily News with wires
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Haziran 18, 2009 00:00
MANAMA - Foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council will hold a meeting in Istanbul next month, diplomatic sources have said.
"Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, will host the meeting on July 6-8 and we all look forward to the consolidation of relations and the broadening of cooperation between Turkey and the GCC," Haldun Osman, Turkey's ambassador to Bahrain, told Gulf News on Tuesday.
The meeting in Istanbul is to be held eight months after the GCC ministers declared Turkey "a strategic partner of the GCC" and signed a memorandum of understanding that would provide for cooperation in the economic, political and security spheres. A rare diplomatic document made Turkey the first country outside the Gulf to be given the status of strategic partner to the GCC. The GCC foreign ministers said that the memo was a significant step forward on the way to reinforcing strategic relations and it was vital for both the GCC countries and Turkey. For Ankara, the memo underlined the importance of Turkey for the Gulf countries’ stability and security.
The meeting in Istanbul is to be held eight months after the GCC ministers declared Turkey "a strategic partner of the GCC" and signed a memorandum of understanding that would provide for cooperation in the economic, political and security spheres. A rare diplomatic document made Turkey the first country outside the Gulf to be given the status of strategic partner to the GCC. The GCC foreign ministers said that the memo was a significant step forward on the way to reinforcing strategic relations and it was vital for both the GCC countries and Turkey. For Ankara, the memo underlined the importance of Turkey for the Gulf countries’ stability and security.