ahead Monday for the Kingdom to sign up to the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the 1979 Protocol of the amended Vienna Convention on Civil Liability and Nuclear Damage. The approval for the moves followed recommendations from Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal to protect Gulf Cooperation Council States from nuclear reactor leakages. Chairing the weekly meeting on behalf of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister welcomed pilgrims from across the world and prayed to Allah to enable them to perform Haj rituals in ease and comfort. Abdul Aziz Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, said in a statement to Saudi Press Agency following the meeting that ministers reviewed regional and international developments, including ongoing efforts to revive the dormant Middle East peace process and the situations of Iraq, Sudan and Lebanon. The Cabinet noted recent international efforts which frustrated a number of terrorist operations, and reiterated the importance of information exchange between countries in the fight against terrorism. The Cabinet also approved a recommendation from Prince Mansour Bin Mutib, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, concerning a ministry study defining distribution methods for state
