Today, the Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Food Security Department, participated in the first meeting of the Standing Committee for Food Security of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which was held via visual communication technology. During the meeting, in which the Ministry was represented by Dr. Masoud Jarallah Al-Marri, Director of the Food Security Department, a number of topics on the agenda related to the tasks and competences of the committee and the memorandum of understanding with the Islamic Organization for Food Security were discussed. The committee also formed a working group to prepare a vision for a Gulf guiding strategy for food security in order to coordinate and join efforts to face challenges and to strengthen the food security system in the GCC countries. It is worth noting that the Permanent Committee for Food Security was created recently, and it follows the Committee on Agricultural Cooperation and Food Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, whose name was recently modified by a decision of the Ministerial Council of the Council States, to become the Committee on Agricultural Cooperation and Food Security, instead of the Committee on Agricultural Cooperation, and that Within the framework of emphasizing the importance of food security issues in the GCC countries as one of the important and vital strategic issues.
