Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani met here today the Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces General Hamad Thani Al-Rumaithi, in the presence of the Assistant Secretary-General for Military Affairs at the GCC Secretariat-General Major-General Khalifa Hameed Al-Ka'abi. The meeting focused on consolidating defence relations among GCC countries, in line with the resolutions with the Summit of the GCC Supreme Council, held recently in Kuwait. The Gulf Academy for Strategic and Security Studies, to be headquartered in Abu Dhabi, was also discussed.