Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Monday headed the meeting between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Both sides discussed the bilateral ties and means of boosting them especially in the fields of economy and investment, and exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual concern.

GCC's Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani and Qatari Director of Department of International Organizations and Conferences Ambassador Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani attended the meeting held at the headquarters of GCC mission in New York.