TheCustodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired theCabinet's session held at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday afternoon.
At the outset of the session, the King affirmed that the issuance of a number of royal orders including the transformation of Riyadh City Development Commission into a Royal Commission under the name of "The Royal Commission for the City of Riyadh", the establishment of a body called "Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority" and the National Artificial Intelligence Center and National Data Management Office organizationally linked with it, the establishment of a ministry under the name of The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, the amendment of the name of the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources to be the Ministry of Energy, the amendment of the name of General Auditing Bureau to be "General Bureau for Accountability", and the appointment of a number of ministers and officials in different posts emanate from the keenness on the development of various sectors and their prosperity for the interest of the homeland, citizens and the continuation of the development process being witnessed by the Kingdom in many areas to keep up with the Kingdom's vision 2030.
TheKing expressed his best wishes of success for appointed ministers and officialsin their new missions, and his thanks and appreciation to former ministers andofficials for their blessed efforts in the service of the religion and thehomeland.
Ministerof Commerce and Investment, Acting Minister of Media Dr. Majed bin AbdullahAl-Qasabi said in a statement to Saudi Press Agency following the session thatthe Cabinet reviewed a number of reports on latest developments in the regionand the world. It expressed on the advent of the new Hijri year its bestwishes, praying to Allah Almighty to unite Muslims' ranks and guide them, thatthis year will witness a breakthrough for all crises that Arab and Islamicnations are going through, and it will be a good year and a blessing for all,in which security and stability will be achieved all over the world.
