Riyadh, Sept. 8 -- India and the Gulf Cooperation Council held a political dialogue on September 7-8, which saw them hold discussions on deepening cooperation across several areas of the Joint Action Plan, such as trade, security and energy amongst others.

The visit of Arun Kumar Chatterjee, Secretary (CPV&OIA), also saw a separate bilateral meeting with the General Coordinator for Negotiations and Head of the Negotiating Team of the GCC, where they underlined the importance of the India-GCC FTA and agreed on the commencement of negotiations at an early date, the MEA said in a statement on Monday.

As per the statement, Secretary (CPV&OIA) held wide-ranging discussions with his counterpart, Abdulaziz Aluwaisheg, Assistant Secretary Gener...