SAUDI ARABIA: Gulf Cooperation Council recognises Syria opposition bloc, signs security agreement.

Record ID: 189085

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Gulf Cooperation Council recognises Syria opposition bloc, signs security agreement.
  • Date: 13th November 2012
  • Summary: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2012) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) INTERIOR MINISTERS ENTERING MEETING HALL NEW SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTER PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF SEATED WIDE OF MEETING SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTER PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF WELCOMING THE MINISTERS AND ANNOUNCING THE START OF THE MEETING ATTENDEES CLAPPING THEIR HANDS FOR THE PRINCE MEETING OMAN INTERIOR MINISTER UAE INTERIOR MINISTER SIGNING THE SECURITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GCC COUNTRIES LOGO OF THE MEETING AND THE GCC COUNTRIES VARIOUS OF THE GCC INTERIOR MINISTERS SIGNING THE AGREEMENT ONE BY ONE ATTENDANCE WATCHING THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT GCC INTERIOR MINISTERS CLAPPING GCC INTERIOR MINISTER STANDING FOR MEMORIAL PICTURE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ABDULLATIF AL-ZAYANI, GCC SECRETARY GENERAL, SAYING: "Acknowledging the Syrian coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people gives it the form that can now be negotiated with and dealing with... Representing the Syrian people in all fields... This is left to the Arab League as it is the right side to deal with the Syrian file." LOGO OF GCC INTERIOR MINISTER 31 MEETING
  • Embargoed: 28th November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Saudi Arabia
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVACDCQS8NFG01FUURDT1J7JNGBK
  • Story Text: GCC approves security cooperation across six Gulf countries.

    Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interior ministers met in Riyadh on Tuesday (November 13) to approve an agreement on security cooperation amongst the six Gulf Co-operation Council countries.
    The deal aims to promote unified policies that will cement security, stability and sustainable development in the region, the Kuwait News agency reported.
    GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al Zayani told Reuters Television the GCC decided to recognise the Syrian opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
    "Acknowledging the Syrian coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people gives it the form that can now be negotiated with and dealing with... Representing the Syrian people in all fields... This is left to the Arab League as it is the right side to deal with the Syrian file," he said.
    On Sunday (November 11), Twenty months into their bloody uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, fragmented Syrian opposition groups struck a deal in Qatar to form a broad coalition.
    Joining the Gulf states, France became the first European power to recognise Syria's new opposition coalition as the sole representative of its people and said on Tuesday it would look into arming rebels against Assad once they form a government.
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