The GCC foreign ministers held yesterday a meeting with their Turkish counterpart Ali Baba Jan in the presence of the GCC secretary General Abdurrahman al-Atiyyah. They reviewed a number of issues including the developments of the Palestinian problem, the situation in Iraq, the Iranian nuclear issue and other topics. The ministers welcomed the memorandum of understanding for strategic dialogue signed by the GCC and Turkey. The mou aims at coordination and consultation in the various issues as well as enhancing cooperation in the economic, trade, investment, defensive, security, cultural and energy domains. in line with the proposal of Qatar regarding the proposal of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, approved by Doha Summit last December, which called for removing obstacles that impede the march of the GCC, the ministers called the GCC financial and economic cooperation committee and the concerned ministers to hold an extraordinary meeting for discussing the obstacles that face the joint work. That meeting will be followed by a joint meeting for the GCC foreign ministers and the financial and economic cooperation committee.--more www.spa.gov.sa/587085