His Excellency Mr Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), received His Excellency Mr Charles Kingston, Ambassador of New Zealand to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, today, Monday (24 August 2026), at the General Secretariat headquarters in Riyadh.
During the meeting, they discussed a number of topics of mutual concern, most notably reviewing cooperative ties between the GCC and New Zealand and ways to advance and strengthen them to serve common interests, in addition to following up on the latest developments regarding the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the GCC states and New Zealand.
Both sides also exchanged views on the latest regional developments and addressed issues of common interest.
