AFP

Kuwait City

 

GCC leaders could hold a special meeting to discuss outstanding issues  ahead of a scheduled annual summit in Qatar next month, newspapers said yesterday.  According to Kuwaiti daily Al-Anbaa, consultations are underway to convene an informal meeting of Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) leaders before their December 9-10 summit in Doha.

The gathering in Doha will go ahead on time but after a “special summit”, possibly in Riyadh next week, to iron out differences, Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat said.

A top Kuwaiti official denied the venue of the annual summit was being changed.  “I have only heard about a summit to be held at a certain time in a specific country, which is Qatar,” said foreign ministry undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah, quoted by Al-Anbaa.  “I hope it will be held at its time and place.”