According to Jin10, IRNA reported that foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states issued a statement on Sunday urging Iran and the United States to return to dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the crisis between them. The statement was issued at the close of the 168th meeting of the GCC Ministerial Council, held in Manama, Bahrain, and chaired by Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended.