The 41st Gulf Summit ... and the signing of the final statement and the Al-Ula statement
Today, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the leaders and heads of the delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, who held their summit in Al-Ula Governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The leaders and heads of the delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries signed the final statement of the summit and the statement of Al-Ula.
The meeting began with a speech by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and mentioned the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' directives to name this summit (the summit of Sultan Qaboos and Sheikh Sabah).
In his speech, he said: “Today we are in dire need to unite our efforts to advance our region and confront the challenges surrounding us, especially the threats posed by the Iranian regime’s nuclear program, its ballistic missile program and its destructive sabotage projects that it and its proxies adopt from terrorist and sectarian activities aimed at destabilizing security and stability in the region, which puts us at risk. The responsibility to call on the international community to work seriously to stop these programs and projects threatening regional and international peace and security.
He stressed that "this entity is based on the special relationship between our countries and common denominators represented by the bonds of faith, kinship and the common destiny of our peoples, and from this standpoint we must all realize the lofty goals and foundations on which the Council is based, to complete the process and achieve integration in all fields."
His Highness affirmed that "the stable and continuous Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its future plans and ambitious development vision (Vision 2030) puts at the top of its priorities a unified and strong Gulf Cooperation Council, in addition to strengthening Arab and Islamic cooperation in a way that serves the security, stability and prosperity of our countries and the region."
