GCC-Moroccan summit's final communique

At the end of their summit held in Riyadh on Wednesday, the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the King of the Kingdom of Morocco, stressed the close ties between the leaders and peoples of the Gulf cooperation Council (GCC) and the Kingdom of Morocco and the strong historical ties, and their belief in the importance of solidarity and complementarity between them. 
This came in the final communique of the summit of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the King of the Kingdom of Morocco. 
The final communique highlighted the summit's promotion of the strategic partnership of cooperation between the Kingdom of Morocco and the GCC. 
The leaders expressed their satisfaction for the ongoing joint action progress to achieve this strategic partnership, reported Saudi Press Agency SPA. 
They stressed the need to give this partnership a powerful boost. 
They also expressed their commitment to collective defense of the security of their countries and their stability, and respect for countries' sovereignty, territorial integrity and national constants, and rejection of any attempt aimed at undermining security and stability, and the dissemination of separatism and segregation to redraw the map of nations or splitting them, which threatens regional and international security and peace. 
The summit stressed that the Kingdom of Morocco and the GCC's countries constitute a strategic unified bloc, as what affects the security of any one of them affects the security of the other countries. 
In this context, the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reiterated their principled position that the cause of the Moroccan Sahara is also the cause of the GCC countries. 

They affirmed their position supporting the fact that the Sahara is Moroccan and their support for the initiative of autonomy presented by Morocco, as the basis for any solution to this artificial regional dispute. 

They also expressed their rejection of any infringing on the higher interests of Morocco with regard to the serious indicators witnessed by the file in recent weeks, SPA reported. 

The leaders also reiterated their condemnation of extremism and terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and emphasized not linking this dangerous scourge with any civilization or religion, and standing in the face of attempts to spread sectarianism that fuels strife and intends to interfere in the internal affairs of states. 

They called for the coordination of regional and international efforts to counter terrorism and its eradication and the elimination of its causes, stressing the importance of the Islamic military alliance to fight terrorism in supporting these efforts. 

The summit formed an appropriate occasion to discuss laying the foundations for broader cooperation between the GCC and the Kingdom of Morocco and African countries south of the Sahara, so as to promote security and stability and common interests. 

In conclusion, the leaders stressed the importance of continuing consultation and coordination in order to support the pillars of the existing partnership between the GCC and the Kingdom of Morocco to meet the aspirations of their peoples and serve the interests of the Arab and Islamic nations and to achieve international peace and security.

Source: QNA