GCC Interior Ministers start 10th consultative meeting

Riyadh, May 12, SPA -- Ministers of Interior of the member states of
the Gulf Cooperation Council started in Riyadh this evening their
10th Consultative Meeting under the chairmanship of Oman's Interior
Minister Saud bin Ibrahim Albosaeedi.

Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of
Interior, led Saudi Arabia's delegation to the meeting.

At the outset of the meeting, Albosaeedi thanked the government and
people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by the Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for warm welcome
and generous hospitality. On behalf of the participants, Albosaeedi
congratulated Prince Naif on his new post as Second Deputy Prime
Minister.

Also, he congratulated General Alsheikh Saif bin Zaid Al Nahyan,
Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of the United Arab Emirates,
on his new post as Deputy Premier of the UAE.

Albosaeedi gave a brief account on the achievements accomplished by
the GCC interior ministers' consultative meetings and sub-committees
as well as the agenda of the meeting.
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