RIYADH, April 15 -- The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jasem Albudaiwi, met Uzbekistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov in the capital Tashkent on Sunday.
During the meeting, they discussed preparations for the second ministerial meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between the GCC and Central Asian countries.
The meeting, scheduled to be held on April 15 in Tashkent, will gather ministers of foreign affairs from the GCC and Central Asian countries.
Albudaiwi said GCC countries attach great importance to their relations with Central Asian nations, stressing that holding the joint ministerial meeting less than a year since their first summit is a testament to these countries' keenness to advance relations at...