RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Wednesday met with his Bahraini counterpart Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani to discuss ways of strengthening relations between their countries, the Kingdom’s foreign ministry said. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 153rd session of the GCC’s Ministerial Council and the joint ministerial meeting of the strategic dialogue between the GCC and Central Asian countries at the council’s General Secretariat in Riyadh. “During the meeting, they reviewed the historical brotherly relations that unite the two countries, and ways to strengthen and develop them in various fields of joint cooperation and coordination,” the ministry said. They also discussed aspects of enhancing joint Gulf action toward various regional and international issues and discussed topics raised in the GCC ministerial meetings. Prince Faisal also held separate talks with his counterparts from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan on the sidelines of the meetings. The Saudi minister on Tuesday evening received a number of Gulf and Central Asian ministers in the historic Turaif neighborhood in Diriyah, where they toured a number of prominent sites including the Diriyah Museum, the Imam Mohammed bin Saud Mosque, the Arabian Horse Museum, and the Military Museum. Prince Faisal also hosted a dinner in honor of the visiting delegations ahead of Wednesday’s meetings.