RIYADH, 27 December 2020, (TON): The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia announced holding of 41^st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh on 5 January 2020. A formal request has been forwarded to the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf to invite the leaders of the member states. The sources in Riyadh said that the GCC leaders, comprising of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar will attend the summit that will not be held virtually

“I had the honor today to personally deliver King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s invitation to the President of the United Arab Emirates H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to attend the 41st GCC Summit taking place in Riyadh on 5 January 2021. The invitation was received by the Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum today in Dubai, to discuss coordination, integration, and interconnection between the member States and their citizens in economic development, commerce, education, and culture”, Secretary General Dr. Nayef Falah al-Hajraf said in the statement.

The agenda of summit will include disputes including Qatar’s isolation, Yemen’s Houthis, situation arising from COVID-19 and negative propaganda by Israel to misguide Islamic world. Saudi Arabia has already clarified and warned that it has not recognized Tel Aviv.