New York, Sep. 23, 2021, SPA -- The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, on the sidelines of the meetings of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the memorandum of understanding signed between the GCC and the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2013, as well as the most important issues of common interest. A number of regional and international issues were also discussed, stressing the need to unify the two sides' international positions towards the challenges facing the world such as terrorism, climate change and the challenges imposed by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. --SPA 10:53 LOCAL TIME 07:53 GMT 0005 www.spa.gov.sa/w1624725