The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held at Al-Yamamah Palace here today.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two HolyMosques briefed the Cabinet on the contents of the two written messages sent toPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Prime Ministerof the Republic of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali, citing keenness to strengthenframeworks of strategic cooperation at various levels and to continue work andcoordination towards regional and international issues. The King also briefedthe Cabinet on the content of the telephone call with President Xi Jinping ofthe People's Republic of China, citing the Kingdom's stressing confidence inthe Chinese government's ability to deal with Coronavirus, and the King'sdirectives to provide assistance to China to contribute to overcoming thisepidemic and containing its impacts.
The Cabinet affirmed that the directives of the Custodian ofthe Two Holy Mosques to provide assistance consisting of health and medicalsupplies to China to contain the spread and impact of the novel Coronavirus(nCoV), come within the framework of strong bilateral relations, the Kingdom'shumanitarian role in supporting various countries to confront crises, throughKing Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), and the Kingdom'sstand with affected peoples around the world.
The Minister of Media, Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah,pointed out in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency after the session that theCabinet reviewed the preparatory meeting for the 11th Clean Energy Ministerialand fifth Mission Innovation Ministerial (CEM11/MI-5) organized by the Ministryof Energy in Riyadh, on the sidelines of the Kingdom's hosting the 2020 G20,with the participation of 24 countries and the European Union. The Cabinetreviewed the topics discussed during the meeting including energy andaccelerating innovation in their technologies to reach goals of sustainabledevelopment and climate change and ways to increase investments in research anddevelopment fields.
The Cabinet reviewed the Kingdom's hosting and presidency ofthe 39th session of the Arab Women Committee within the framework of itsefforts to serve Arab issues, advance and support the status of women, theirmarch through social and economic empowerment and their contributions tosustainable development in accordance with Kingdom's Vision 2030. The Cabinetwelcomed announcing Riyadh as the Capital of Arab Women 2020, constituting aregional dimension of the Kingdom's participation with the internationalcommunity in this field and at all levels.
