Riyadh, May 08 , SPA -- Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs received last night at Conferences Place in Riyadh, a number of European envoys. He received the European Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson. During the meeting they discussed trade relations between the member states of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU). Later, Prince Saud Al-Faisal received Slovakia Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues pertaining to Saudi Arabia's relations with Slovakia and Germany. The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Obaid Madani, Prince Dr. Turki bin Muhammad bin Saud Al-Kabeer, the Foreign Under Secretary for political affairs and a number of Foreign ministry's high-ranking officials. --MORE www.spa.gov.sa/447815