Oman's minister responsible for foreign affairs Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah and the secretary general of the sixnation Gulf Cooperation Council...
{"Image ImageDescription": "MUSCAT, OMAN:  Oman's minister responsible for foreign affairs, Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah (R), and the secretary general of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jamil al-Hujailan, hold a press conference at the end of the two-day GCC summit in Muscat 31 December 2001. Leaders of six Gulf monarchies, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, agreed to set up a supreme defence council and to boost their joint forces to 20,000 men.   AFP PHOTO/Mohammed MAHJOUB (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED MAHJOUB/AFP via Getty Images)"}