GCC foreign ministers meet John Kerry in Brussels, relations with Iran on agenda

Foreign Ministers from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)  in Brussels

BRUSSELS- Foreign Ministers from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) met in Brussels the US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday discussing a wide range of issues of common interest with him.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 25th session of the GCC-EU joint ministerial meeting.
'The discussions were really very positive,' Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al Jarallah told the Kuwait news agency , KUNA, after the two-hour long meeting.
The meeting covered the regional issues such as the situation in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and relations with Iran, he said.
Kerry earlier met the 28 EU foreign ministers.
Al Jarallah noted that Kerry came to Brussels after meetings in Russia, and the US official informed the GCC ministers about the US and Russian position on the Syrian crisis and the steps to be taken for a political solution and support the efforts of the special UN envoy Staffan de Mastura to resolve the Syrian conflict .
'The discussions were very frank, open and in depth with the US Secretary of State,' stressed Al Jarallah.
'The situation in Syria regretfully is very complicated and difficult and requires the continuation of efforts and pressure,' he said.
During the meeting, they discussed GCC-US relations, ways of enhancing them in various fields and follow-up of the decisions by the summit meetings held between GCC leaders and President Barack Obama at Camp David in 2015 and Riyadh in 2016, and the findings of the joint working groups.