ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- saved from url=(0044)http://www.kuna.net.kw/Story.asp?DSNO=353332 --> <HTML lang=ar-saudi><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <STYLE type=text/css>A:link { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:visited { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:active { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:hover { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY vLink=black aLink=black link=black bgProperties=fixed background=kuwait-3.files/bkgrightLogo.jpe> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=741 align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=1 bgColor=cornflowerblue><BR></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=590> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=left>&nbsp; <U><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=orangered size=3>EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF MINISTERIAL COUNCIL NEXT SUNDAY </STRONG></U></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD>&nbsp; </TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>KUN0023 4 GEN 0263 KUWAIT /KUNA-UCX3 </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>POL-GCC-MINISTERIAL </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF MINISTERIAL COUNCIL NEXT SUNDAY </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2></FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>RIYADH, SEPT 19 (KUNA) -- THE GCC MINISTERIAL COUNCIL WILL MEET NEXT SUNDAY </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BAHRAIN'S PROPOSAL TO HOLD AN EXTRAORDINARY </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>SESSION OF THE COUNCIL, OFFICIAL SOURCES AT THE GCC GENERAL SECRETARIAT SAID </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>ON WEDNESDAY. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>THIS MEETING WILL BE DISCUSSING THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ON BOTH </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ARENAS IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>AGAINST THE U.S. IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>THE SOURCES ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE BRIEFED IN A DETAILED </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>EXPLANATION FROM THE SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL OVER THE </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>OUTCOME OF HIS MEETINGS WITH THE U.S. LEADERSHIP. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>IT IS EXPECTED THAT GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS WILL BE COMING UP WITH DECISIONS </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>THAT CONDEMN ALL SORTS OF TERRORISM AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE NEW INTERNATIONAL </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>GROUP WHICH IS LED BY THE U.S. TO COMBAT TERRORISM. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>BAHRAIN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY CHAIRING THE GCC SESSION, HAS CALLED FOR </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>HOLDING AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL IN THE </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>HEADQUARTERS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT IN RIYADH TO CONFRONT THE </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>MEANWHILE, GCC GENERAL SECRETARY JAMEEL AL-HUJAILAN, HAS RULED OUT THE </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>POSSIBILITY TO HOLD A GCC URGENT SUMMIT TO DISCUSS THE CONSEQUENCES OF ATTACKS </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>AGAINST THE U.S. AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH WAR </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>IN A PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED HERE TODAY, AL-HUJAILAN ASSERTED THAT THE </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>MINISTERIAL COUNCIL SESSION IS NOT PREPARING FOR HOLDING A GCC EXTRAORDINARY </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>SUMMIT. 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