RIYADH: The GCC’s interior ministers said on Wednesday that the security of the regional bloc is “indivisible,” and called for intensified coordination against regional threats following the arrest in Kuwait of cells allegedly linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a report by the Saudi Press Agency.
GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said the ministers stressed the need for closer cooperation among their ministries and relevant security authorities during an extraordinary meeting at the bloc’s secretariat headquarters in Riyadh.
The meeting was chaired by Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa amid heightened regional tensions and security concerns linked to the ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US.
Albudaiwi said the ministers discussed the regional security situation and ways to strengthen joint GCC coordination to confront challenges resulting from attacks targeting Gulf states.
“The security of the GCC states is indivisible,” he said, adding that the ministers emphasized the importance of confronting all threats to the region’s stability and combating terrorism in all its forms.
