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Riyadh: Interior ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are to discuss, during their 8th consultative meeting in Riyadh today, ways of enhancing security coordination for fighting terrorism and the repercussions of the situation in Iraq on the security of the six states.
GCC Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Al Attiya said the meeting, to be chaired by Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz, will be a good opportunity for exchanging views on the current developments as well as discussing the progress of security cooperation between member states.
"The meeting will discuss different aspects of enhancing security cooperation and exchange of information.
"The interior ministers will also discuss intensifying coordination and cooperation between the concerned security bodies to protect the societies in the GCC states from all alien phenomenon like terrorism and others," he said.
Identity cards
He noted that the GCC interior ministers 8th consultative meeting will focus on security as stipulated in the GCC 27th session held in Riyadh in December 2006.
Al Attiya highlighted the agreement concluded recently between Saudi Arabia and the UAE allowing the citizens of each country to move to the other using their identity cards instead of passports.
He expressed hope that this step will be followed by similar steps among all other GCC states.
Al Attiya said that the joint security work between member states also includes the facilitation of movement of GCC citizens and their dependents between the member states.
Meanwhile, a GCC security source in Riyadh said that the GCC interior ministers will discuss the latest security developments in the region.
The source told Gulf News that the meeting will discuss the security situation in Iraq, its reflections on the GCC states and ways to prevent the infiltration of foreign terrorists from Iraq to the GCC states. The GCC states are concerned that Iraq has become a field for training terrorists.
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