-AYDIN MET AMIR OF QATAR ON MONDAY
DOHA - Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin attended the closing meeting of the 28th Summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) which began in Qatar on Monday.
Aydin met the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Hamid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani in Doha on Monday night.
Economic cooperation, security and developments in technology were discussed at the summit in which Turkey participated as observer.
Aydin will return to Turkey on Wednesday morning.
At the closing of the summit, GCC announced the establishment of a common market effective as of January 1st, 2008.