The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Salam Palace here today. At the outset of the meeting, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Council on the consultations, messages and contacts he made over last week with a number of leaders of brotherly and friendly countries as well as the Secretary General of the United Nations on the developments of situations in the region and the entire world. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency following the meeting, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information said the Cabinet reviewed a host of reports on the developments of situations at the Arab, region and international arenas, including the Arab and international efforts to contain the Syrian crisis. He said the Cabinet expressed the appreciation of the Kingdom for those efforts in this regard, stressing the demands and calls issued by the Syrian People Friends Conference in Paris for the United Nations Security Council to issue an imperative prompt order within the seventh chapter of the United Nations Charter, pointing to Kofi Annan's plan and the agreement reached in Geneva meeting on the need for a political transitional process in Syria and taking measures that guarantee the respect of a sanctions resolution by the United Nations against the Syrian regime. The Cabinet denounced Israel's continuation of oppressing the Palestinian people, violating their rights, sending them to prisons, and confiscating their properties to expand settlements, confirming that such practices require taking effective measures to deter Israel from continuing this adamant expansionist and aggressive policy, challenge of the world will, and breaching its legitimacy that led to the stalemate of peace negotiations and final collapse. --More
