Then, Bahraini information affairs minister said, in his speech before the GCC information ministers, that the security and economic challenges which face the region, the increasing extremist thinking dangers, and the triggering of violence and terror necessitate on all of our countries doubling our responsibility to activate the role the GCC information and its importance in protecting the security and stability of the GCC countries and enhancing their unity and Arab identity and collective coordination to confront the counter media campaigns and clarify the realities at the regional and international arenas. He confirmed the importance of supporting joint media work to deepen and consolidate the GCC identity in all its dimensions according to a unified vision that preserve the Arab, Islamic and GCC identify of the GCC countries and their peoples and upgrade their humanitarian values calling for moderation, tolerance and dialogue among religions and cultures and reject sedition, terrorism, hatred and extremism. He called for activating joint media programs on the GCC media platforms and called for going ahead to transfer from the cooperation phase to establishing a strong and coherent GCC union. He invited the ministers to attend the opening ceremony of the 14th Gulf Festival for Broadcasting and Television. Then, a closed-door session started. --SPA 22:37 LOCAL TIME 19:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w