Department of GCC Affairs
Director of GCC Affairs Department
His Excellency Abdulla bin Saif Salem AlHmoudi AlMansouri
The Department of GCC Affairs is competent with the following:
- Seek to promote and develop bilateral relations between the State and the GCC Arab countries, achieve Council's objectives in political, economic, cultural, and technical areas and others, and follow up on the developments taking place in these countries.
- Study the reports referred from the GCC General Secretariat, provide opinion thereunto, and refer them to the competent authority.
- Study and analyze reports and research referred from the diplomatic missions in GCC countries and take the necessary relevant measures in this regard.
- Study and follow up referred matters, topics and research related to situations, developments and relations between the State and GCC countries.
- Study, analyze and evaluate decisions and recommendations issued by the Council of GCC and its various organs and committees, and suggest methods of implementing and following up on the same, in coordination with competent ministries and other governmental organs.
- Coordinate with the GCC General Secretariat and the State’s concerned organs on the meetings of the summit, ministerial councils and committees, organize the State’s participation in these meetings, and prepare the necessary studies and reports required for such participation.
- Make consultation and coordination with the State’s competent authorities on the topics that fall within their competencies of economic, cultural or technical nature or others referred to the Ministry by GCC countries, GCC General Secretariat or joint GCC institutions or committees, to study the same and provide opinion thereunto.
- Participate in the meetings of the summit, ministerial councils and joint GCC committees.
- Prepare the necessary studies, research and reports to support the joint work, and develop cooperation with GCC countries, in collaboration with the competent authorities in the State.
- Coordinate with the Department of Legal Affairs on the preparation of draft agreements to be concluded with GCC countries.
- Follow up and direct the activities of the diplomatic missions in the GCC countries.
- Coordinate, follow up and develop relations with the GCC countries’ diplomatic missions accredited in the State.
- Follow up on what is published in the GCC countries’ newspapers, that concerns the State, analyze it, and provide opinion on the necessary measures or recommendations to be taken in this regard, in coordination with the Department of Media and Communication of the Ministry.
- Follow up the bulletins and other publications issued by the accredited diplomatic missions of the GCC countries in the State, and provide opinions or comments that may be required in this respect, in cooperation with the Department of Media and Communication of the Ministry.
- Prepare, follow up and coordinate the visits of the State’s high official delegations to GCC countries, as well as the reports related to this regard.
- Prepare, follow up and coordinate for the visits of GCC countries’ high official delegations to the State, as well as the reports required in this regard.
- Prepare the works of the joint committees of GCC countries participate in such committees, and follow up on the implementation of the decisions issued therefrom.
- Prepare necessary reports on the State's relations with the GCC countries and update information stated in these reports.
- Prepare periodical reports on the activities of the representation missions in the GCC countries.