For his part, the General Inspector at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ali Al-Azraq said the GCC countries and Morocco have made great strides since they signed in 2011 an agreement on partnership and cooperation between the GCC member countries and Morocco, highlighting its political, developmental, economical, humanitarian and cultural strategic dimensions and noting that such ties have sought to lay the bases for distinguished partnership framework. At the same time, he praised the support grant worth $ 5 million by the GCC countries for Morocco to achieve developmental projects in Morocco. Al-Azraq confirmed his country's unwavering position towards confronting any threat that might target the GCC countries. --SPA 18:57 LOCAL TIME 15:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w