His Excellency Mr Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), met with His Excellency Mr Niels Annen, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference Leaders' Meeting today, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at the Maraya concert hall in AlUla Governorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the GCC and Germany, and ways to enhance joint cooperation in various fields to serve common interests and support regional and international security and stability.
During an exchange of views on the developments in the region, both sides emphasised that the situation in the Gaza Strip has reached catastrophic and dangerous stages.
They stressed the importance of an immediate ceasefire, an end to the crisis in Gaza, and the necessity of allowing aid to enter urgently and without restrictions.