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Kerry due in Riyadh to seek mending of ties with Gulf states

Xinhua, April 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

General Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr Abdullateef Alzayani, declared Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Gulf foreign ministers this week in Manama, Al Arabiya local news reported.

The meeting will be held on Thursday in preparation for the Gulf-U.S. summit on April 21 in Riyadh.

The White House announced in March that American President Barack Obama will head to Saudi Arabia in April for a meeting with Arab leaders to repair relations strained by last year's nuclear deal with Iran.

Dr. Alzayani said that the meeting will discuss the outcome of the working groups formed in cooperation with the Camp David summit which was held in May 2015 as well as efforts to develop Gulf-U.S. ties.

He also said the meeting will address regional conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya and topics of shared interest. Endit