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GCC Secretary General Stresses Importance of Joint Cooperation with EU

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf. Asharq Al-Awsat
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf. Asharq Al-Awsat
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GCC Secretary General Stresses Importance of Joint Cooperation with EU

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf. Asharq Al-Awsat
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf. Asharq Al-Awsat

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council for Arab States, Dr. Naif Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, has stressed the importance of advancing the areas of joint cooperation between the GCC and the European Union in order to serve common interests, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Al-Hajraf met on Friday with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in the Bahraini capital, Manama, on the sidelines of the "Manama Dialogue 2022" forum.

The three-day forum kicked off on Friday with a wide participation of more than 400 officials from different countries.

During the meeting, Al-Hajraf and von der Leyen reviewed a number of issues of common interest and GCC-EU relations.

They also discussed free trade negotiations between the two sides, and the importance of inviting technical teams to review their developments, in order to serve common interests and strengthen trade and economic ties between the two parties.

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Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
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Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)

A 3.35 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail, said the Saudi Geological Survey on Tuesday.

In remarks to local television, Tariq Mansoob, head of the detection center at the survey, said six earthquakes were detected in the Kingdom from March and April.

They were all between the 3.5 and 4.5 range, he added.

The latest quake, which struck at 5:12 pm on Tuesday, has no impact on the Kingdom, he stated.

Activity along the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros and Makran mountains in Iran and Pakistan led to the quakes, he explained.

The pressure created by this activity resulted in the tremors, he went on to say.

Small quakes are a “good sign,” Mansoob said, because if the pressure continues to build without release, it would have eventually erupt in a major potentially devastating quake.

He reassured the public that the small tremors were not a cause for concern and that the larger ones had taken place closer to Iranian shores.