GCC Secretary General Nayef Al-Hajraf called for stronger Gulf industrial cooperation RIYADH: Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Al-Hajraf, has called for closer Gulf-Singaporean ties, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. During a meeting at the GCC headquarters in Riyadh, with Singapore’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan, Al-Hajraf stressed the need to seize opportunities to enhance economic and commercial cooperation. Both officials discussed political and economic issues of common interest and reviewed ways to strengthen cooperation between the Gulf states and Singapore across all fields. They also reviewed developments of the 2008 GCC-Singapore free trade agreement and means to boost It to achieve common interest. In a separate meeting with the Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef, Al-Hajraf called for a stronger cooperation among the Gulf states in the industrial sector to achieve an integrative economic growth in the region. During the meeting, both officials reviewed the efforts made by the GCC Industrial Cooperation Committee to serve regional interests and enhance integrative capabilities in the industrial sector. They also discussed the growing opportunities to be seized in the vital sector.