For her part, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the warm reception, praising the good opportunity to be able to conduct these exhaustive and good discussions on various matters of interest to the European Union and the kingdom, given the strong relationship between the two sides in various fields. The EU High Representative referred to the cooperation between the Kingdom and EU in the field of security and counter-terrorism, and the desire of the European Union to promote cultural and educational relations and enhance their cooperation in various fields, praising the efforts made by the GCC countries in strengthening relations with EU and also the ministerial meetings which were held between the Gulf states and the European Union over the past months. The EU High Representative confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a fundamental and important role to play to push peace process in the Middle East. "We exchanged with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia visions and ideas and we supported the joint work to reach solutions in Syria", she said. She explained that the discussions also included the Libyan issue as well as the deal concluded between the group of (five plus one) countries and Iran in July. The EU High Representative expressed satisfaction with the cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and European Union and thanked the Saudi Foreign Minister for his outstanding work and for the talks conducted. --More 01:43 LOCAL TIME 22:43 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w