In which mission is the GCC engaged in collaboration with India and Russia?

 
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The 161st ministerial meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), an organization of Gulf countries, was completed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday, which was chaired by Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.

All the foreign ministers of GCC attended this meeting. Apart from this, GCC held three separate ministerial meetings with special guests Russia, India and Brazil. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Alkherizi participated in all the meetings. In these meetings, GCC discussed increasing cooperation with the three countries. GCC Secretary General Jasim Albudaiwi said that the purpose of joint ministerial meetings is to strengthen strategic relations with countries and organizations. The meeting emphasized the need to increase coordination on regional and international issues, as well as underlined the importance of cooperation and strong economic relations between countries to achieve global sustainable development goals.

Albudaiwi said that all the countries have agreed to strengthen relations and work together in various fields. The discussion in the first GCC-India meeting focused on international security and peace. On behalf of India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in this meeting with the delegation. During the meeting, Albudaivi said that the relations between the GCC countries and India are historical and deep, which have been going on for many centuries and are built on the foundation of mutual trust and cooperation.

In this meeting, the GCC countries discussed many international issues with Russia, India and Brazil. In which the efforts of the international community for a peaceful solution to the Ukraine-Russia crisis were discussed. Also, Albudaivi clarified the solidarity of the GCC with the Palestinian people and demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire. In the GCC meeting, emphasis was laid on providing humanitarian and relief aid to Gaza, so that the suffering of the Palestinian people can be reduced.

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