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Post by bot on Apr 21, 2016 16:26:53 GMT -5
FACT SHEET: Implementation of the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council Strategic Partnership by hardcastle At the Camp David Summit in May 2015, the United States and its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) partners– Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Bahrain – committed to establish a stronger partnership to address regional challenges. This partnership is based on reciprocal commitments to improve the security, stability, and prosperity of the region. Over the past year, we have convened several U.S.-GCC minister-level meetings, and had dozens of bilateral conversations, with the aim of translating the commitments from the Camp David Summit into concrete actions. U.S and Gulf defense ministers met on April 20 in Riyadh and determined additional measures to further strengthen security cooperation, especially efforts to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Foreign ministers met most recently on April 7 in Manama, Bahrain to prepare for the April 21 U.S.-GCC Riyadh summit. This cabinet-level engagement complements extensive leader-level outreach by the President, to include his fourth visit to Saudi Arabia www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/21/fact-sheet-implementation-us-gulf-cooperation-council-strategic
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