As part of the 62nd  GCC Ministerial Committee Meeting held in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, The Minister of Industry and Commerce, HE Mr. Zayed R. Alzayani, Head of the Delegation of the Kingdom of Bahrain, participated in the meeting that gathered  Their Excellencies Ministers of Commerce of GCC countries members of the GCC Commerce Ministerial Committee with participation of HE the Secretary of State for International Trade in the UK, HE Anne-Marie Trevelyan in the presence of Secretary General of the GCC H.E. Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council in Riyadh.

The meeting included signing the joint statement by HE Secretary General of the GCC H.E. Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf to launch free trade negotiations between the GCC countries and the UK.

During the meeting, a number of topics of common concern and ways to develop and increase the volume of investments between the GCC and the UK were discussed in order to achieve mutual goals and visions.