The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet session held at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah this evening. At the outset of the meeting, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques extended thanks to Allah Almighty for offering every Muslim alive to attend the blessed month of Ramadan, congratulating the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the peoples of the Islamic and Arab nations on the holy month and appealing to Allah Almighty to help eligible Muslims to successfully worship the month and their leaders to stick to Sharia law and the Prophet's deeds and sayings. In a statement to the Saudi Press agency following the meeting, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, said the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the meetings and contacts he made last week with a number of leaders of brotherly and friendly countries and their envoys on regional developments and their repercussions in addition to international efforts in this regard, reiterating the firm positions of the Kingdom towards these developments and its keenness on whatever achieve security and stability in the region and the entire world. The Cabinet lauded the Arab Ministerial Council's efforts, notably its resolutions taken at its extraordinary meeting in Doha last night regarding the situation in Syria. The Doha meeting has underscored the importance of working to provide all kinds of support required to help the Syrian people and intensify the Arab and international efforts to spare bloodshed in Syria and extend the needed humanitarian assistance to them. Dr. Khoja said that the Cabinet expressed appreciation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his care on the service of Islam and Muslims and their unity, emphasizing in this regard that the call by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to hold the Extraordinary Islamic Solidarity Conference in Makkah on 26-27/09/1433H. does embody his keenness on the Muslim nation in this critical time. The Cabinet also stressed that the King's feelings of brotherhood and humanity were reflected in his directives to start a national campaign to raise funds to support our brothers in Syria as of Monday, 04/09/1433H. throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Khoja said that the Cabinet reviewed a number of issues on its agenda and issued the following decisions: The Cabinet authorized the Minister of Finance, or his deputy, to sign a draft agreement to avoid double taxation on income and capital and to prevent tax evasion between the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan. The Cabinet approved the amendment of some articles of the agreement of the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company. The Cabinet approved a number of procedures based on recommendations submitted by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology regarding the second annual report on the transition to an information society for the fiscal year 1430/1431H. The Cabinet approved the regulations of non-governmental rehabilitation centers for disabled persons. The Cabinet approved a number of appointments as follows: 1- Fahd bin Mohammed bin Ali Al-Jarallah is appointed to the post of Undersecretary for Investigation Affairs (Rank 15) at the Control and Investigation Bureau. 2- Mohammed bin Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman Al-Moqhim is appointed to the post of Director General of Advisors Department (Rank 15) at the Control and Investigation Bureau. 3- Saad bin Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al-Zaid is appointed to the post of Director General of Presidency Branch in Makkah Region (Rank 15) at the General Presidency of Religious Research and Ifta. 4- Abdulhakim bin Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Shoaibi is appointed to the post of Director General of Administrative and Financial Affairs (Rank 14) at the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution. 5- Abdullah bin Yusuf bin Mohammed Al-Hamed is appointed to the post of Assistant Undersecretary for Expatriates Affairs (Rank 14) at the Ministry of Labour.
