Sec. 1224. Sense of Congress on ballistic missile cooperation to counter Iran
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Congress finds the following: At the 2014 Strategic Cooperation Forum in New York of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Foreign Ministers of member countries agreed in a Joint Communique to [e]nhance GCC-US security coordination, particularly on Ballistic Missile Defense, by continuing to move forward on development of a Gulf-Wide, interoperable missile defense architecture. . At the 2015 Strategic Cooperation Forum in New York, the Foreign Ministers issued a Joint Communique that reaffirmed commitment to…establishing a GCC interoperable ballistic missile defense architecture .
The White House Office of the Press Secretary released a statement on May 14, 2015, that at the 2015 United States—GCC Summit at Camp David, leaders discussed a new U.S.-GCC strategic partnership to enhance their work to improve security cooperation on… ballistic missile defense . The White House Office of the Press Secretary subsequently released a statement on April 21, 2016, that at the 2016 United States—GCC Summit at Riyadh, leaders affirmed need to remain vigilant about addressing Iran’s destabilizing actions in the region, including its ballistic missile program .
It is the sense of Congress that— member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council should take meaningful steps to develop and implement an interoperable ballistic missile defense architecture to defend against Iran’s ballistic missile threat that emphasizes information sharing and includes early warning and tracking data, to enhance the security of citizens, protect critical infrastructure, and deter Iran; and the United States should continue bilateral and multilateral missile defense exercises in the region and, when practicable, increase the capacity of United States partners through foreign military sales.