His Excellency Mr. Adel AL-JUBEIR, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia chaired the GCC delegation to the 25th session of the Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting of the European Union and of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf held in Brussels on July 18 & 19, 2016. The EU delegation was led by H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia and H. E. Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union.

H. E. held then a joint press conference with the E. U. High Representative following the end of the session's works of the joint EU- GCC ministerial meeting. His Excellency attended the ministerial dinner on the honor of their Excellencies and heads of delegations held by the E. U. High Representative. His Excellency presided the GCC Foreign ministers coordination meeting.

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