Riyadh, October 23, 2022, SPA -- Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), stressed the importance of strengthening the partnership between the GCC and the EU to achieve common interests. This came during his meeting at the headquarters of the Secretariat General in Riyadh today, with the Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Working Group at the European Council, Dr. T. Blume, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, they tackled ways of consolidating cooperation between the GCC and EU and discussed a number of issues of common interest. -- SPA 18:30 LOCAL TIME 15:30 GMT 0031 www.spa.gov.sa/w1801702