The Kingdom, represented by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, hosted in Riyadh on Monday, May 23, 2022, the extraordinary meeting that discussed the current situation of food security in the region and the challenges facing the GCC countries in view of the continuing crisis, especially the prices of basic food commodities such as wheat, barley, corn and sunflower oil. The participants stressed on the necessity of the GCC countries’ integration and bloc to confront the looming challenges in the field of food security, with the need to activate, support and motivate the private sector to play its role in mitigating the expected effects of the current crisis.