King Salman Chairs Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet Session in Jeddah

King Salman Chairs Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet Session in Jeddah

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday.

At the outset of the session, the King briefed the Cabinet on the results of his meeting with Sultan Abdullah bin Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia, during which they reviewed fraternal relations and prospects for continued cooperation between the two sisterly countries, and his meeting with former Prime Ministers of the Lebanese Republic Najib Mikati, Fouad Al-Siniora and Tammam Salam, and the emphasis on the Kingdom's keenness on the security and stability of Lebanon within its Arab context.

"The Cabinetexpressed the Kingdom's appreciation and thanks for the support and welcomeexpressed by Islamic bodies of the Kingdom's call on pilgrims to devote alltimes to perform the rituals of Hajj with tranquility and keep away fromeverything that disturbs it," the Minister of State, Cabinet's Member, ActingMinister of Media Dr. Essam bin Saad bin Saeed said in a statement followingthe session.

He also delivered their praise for integrated and distinguished efforts and services being provided for pilgrims, Umrah performers and visitors, praying to Allah Almighty to accept pilgrims' Hajj.

The Cabinet noted in this context that the Kingdom received this year nearly 8 million Muslims who performed Umrah rituals and it will receive nearly two million pilgrims from all over the world.

In thisregard, the Kingdom renewed its rejection of allegations issued by QatariMinistry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs that the Government of the Kingdomplaces obstacles for those who wish to visit the Holy Sites from Qataris orresidents in Qatar to perform Hajj and Umrah rituals, which is contrary to thetruth, as competent authorities in the Kingdom have prepared all means andfacilitated the arrival of pilgrims and Umrah performers from all countries ofthe world, including the State of Qatar.

The Ministersaid that the Cabinet counted the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ranking secondamong the G20 countries, in terms of the amount of radio spectrum awarded tooperators in globally identified frequency bands for public mobile telecommunicationservices as a result of the support and empowerment being provided by the wiseleadership for the ICT sector in the Kingdom.

The Cabinetalso reviewed the participation of the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia to the United Nations in a panel discussion entitled"Promoting digital transformation and the global partnership to achievesustainable development goals" in New York, as the speakers praised theKingdom's role and active partnership with the United Nations in this field, inaddition to its great development in the field of information technology.

The Cabinetreviewed latest regional and international developments and expressed theKingdom of Saudi Arabia's condemnation and denunciation of the terrorist attackon a hotel in Kismayo, Somalia. It expressed its condolences to the families ofthe victims, the Government and people of Somalia and wished the injured aspeedy recovery. The Cabinet reiterated the Kingdom's stand with the Republicof Somalia against all forms of violence, terrorism and extremism.

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