Riyadh, Muharram 12, 1438, Oct 13, 2016, SPA -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir and Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu held a press conference here today on the sidelines of the 5th Joint Ministerial Meeting of the GCC-Turkey High Level Strategic Dialogue. Al-Jubeir said that the meeting discussed a number of issues of common interest and means of cooperation in all fields between GCC countries and Turkey. The meeting also discussed the situation in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, as well as the Iranian interference in the neighboring countries and the affairs of the region, Al-Jubeir said. Al-Jubeir stressed that the free trade zone between the GCC countries and Turkey was discussed, in addition to means of enhancing trade, investment and economic relations between the two sides. He also pointed out that the two sides agreed on the preliminary and technical foundations that contribute to an economic and investment ground to facilitate investment and trade exchanges between the two sides. --More 18:51 LOCAL TIME 15:51 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w