Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf stressed the importance of strengthening GCC-Indian relations to serve common interests.
Hajraf met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Riyadh on Saturday.
The officials reviewed relations of cooperation between the GCC countries and India. They also discussed aspects of the GCC-Indian relations in many fields of joint cooperation.
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the GCC Secretariat General and India.
Hajraf said India is one of the largest trading partners of the GCC and an ideal model for addressing challenges and seizing opportunities, particularly in the fields of investment and economy.
Moreover, he praised the bilateral relations between the GCC and India in light of the economic cooperation agreement signed between them in 2004.
Hajraf and Jaishankar reviewed developments of the joint working group with regard to free trade negotiations and the importance of completing the work of the joint team concerned with studying all economic and trade aspects between the GCC countries and India.
