RIYADH: The GCC’s interior ministers said on Wednesday that the security of the regional bloc is "indivisible," and called for intensified coordination against regional threats following the arrest in Kuwait of cells allegedly linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a report by the Saudi Press Agency.GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said the ministers stressed the need for closer cooperation among their ministries and relevant security authorities during an extraordinary meeting at the bloc’s secretariat headquarters in Riyadh.The meeting was chaired by Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa amid heightened regional tensions and security concerns linked to the ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US.Albudaiwi said the ministers discussed the regional security situation and ways to strengthen joint GCC coordination to confront challenges resulting from attacks targeting Gulf states".The security of the GCC states is indivisible," he said, adding that the ministers emphasized the importance of confronting all threats to the region’s stability and combating terrorism in all its forms.The statement came days after Kuwaiti authorities announced the arrest of four Iranian nationals accused of attempting to infiltrate Bubiyan Island, a strategic location near the Iraqi and Iranian coasts that hosts the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port.Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said the suspects confessed to belonging to The Guard and were tasked with carrying out hostile acts after entering Kuwaiti waters aboard a rented fishing vessel.

Two other alleged operatives escaped during an exchange of fire with Kuwaiti forces in which a Kuwaiti serviceman was wounded.Iran has denied the allegations, calling them "absolutely baseless," and said the four officers had entered Kuwaiti waters accidentally due to a navigation malfunction.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later demanded the release of the detainees and said Tehran reserved the "right to respond".