WAM MANAMA, 30th, August, 2013 (WAM)–Director of Bahrain News Agency (BNA), Muhannad Suleiman, today stressed the keenness of GCC news agencies officials on reinforcing the joint media work among them.

Suleiman made a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), on the 17th meeting of the GCC news agencies officials that will be held in Kuwait from the 1st to the 4th of next September with an invitation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of (KUNA), Sheikh Mubarak Daij Al-Ibrahim Al Sabah.

He also asserted the increase of coordination among the GCC news agencies officials through presenting ideas and projects that contribute to activating the cooperation among them.

The Director of (BNA) said “The meeting will discuss the project of establishing GCC news agencies union, which is the project Bahrain has submitted in the 16th meeting at the headquarters of the GCC General Secretariat recently, and it received the support from the Directors General of GCC news agencies.” Suleiman added that the meeting will discuss the final conception of Qatar News Agency on a unified Website for GCC news agencies, and the proposed logo of that website, in addition to the proposed logo for the joint account on the social networking site (Twitter), of which (KUNA) has designed.

He said “The meeting seeks to reinforce the efforts of the GCC news agencies to support the joint media action between the GCC states, stressing the GCC news agencies Directors General’s keenness to allocate priority to supporting such joint media GCC projects and accelerating their achievement.” Director of (BNA) expects that the meeting will have positive results on the media cooperation level between the GCC news agencies, and contributes in enriching the GCC media work with creative professional ideas, and providing the working human staff with readiness and professionalism.

Suleiman also praised the Kuwaiti role in supporting the GCC joint projects and its keenness on its success, evaluating the support provided to (BNA) in the joint media projects by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Director General of (KUNA) and the Directors General of the GCC news agencies.

He also expressed his appreciation of the call of Shaikh Mubarak Al Daij to hold such meeting, which stresses the important role of (KUNA) in strengthening the GCC joint media action.

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