Riyadh, July 14, 2020, SPA -- The Republic of Djibouti has completed the necessary legal procedures to ratify the charter establishing the Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, signed in Riyadh on January 6, 2020, by the foreign ministers of the council member states. The Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Dean of Diplomatic Corps, in Riyadh, Dya-Eddine Bamakhrama said that the government of the Republic of Djibouti, in keenness on the fraternal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia call to establish the Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, it responded by completing the necessary legal procedures to ratify the charter establishing the council. He added that the leaders and peoples of those countries pin great hopes on the establishment of this ambitious council to bring stability, development and fruitful economic and political cooperation. --SPA 21:15 LOCAL TIME 18:15 GMT 0022 www.spa.gov.sa/w1370774