New York, Dhu-AlHijjah 17, 1436, October 01, 2015, SPA -- Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr. Abdul Latif Al-Zayani on Wednesday held a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in New York. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation and friendship between the GCC countries and the United Kingdom and ways of their development in the framework of the existing strategic dialogue between the two sides, in addition to regional and international issues of common interest. The Ministers emphasized the importance of strengthening GCC-British relations in various political, economic and security fields to serve the common interests, and reflects the close historical ties between the two sides. --SPA 02:30 LOCAL TIME 23:30 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w