The new ambitious plan will help develop national and regional capacities to fight the disease and ensure closer coordination among member states of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to increase measures for prevention, treatment and care. After launching the so-called “Saudi initiative to combat AIDS in GCC countries,” Minister of Health Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said the project calls for an intensified collaborative approach as the disease poses a real threat to the region’s long-term growth.
Yemeni opposition leaders arrive in Riyadh for talks with GCC foreign ministers Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a delegation of top opposition leaders from Yemen met here Sunday night to discuss ways and means to defuse the worsening political crisis in Yemen. In the meeting, the GCC and Yemeni leaders discussed a proposal for an early departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to secure peace and an end to political unrest in the country. They also reviewed a proposal that calls for a timetable for the president to leave office.