Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday evening. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohiuddin Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, said that the Cabinet extended congratulations to Custodian of the Two holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince, the Deputy Crown Prince, the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab and Islamic Nations on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, asking Allah Almighty to help all in fasting and worshipping in this holy month. The Cabinet highly appreciated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' speech addressed to the Kingdom's people and Muslim brothers on the advent of Ramadan. The contents of the King's speech included honest values and calls for bestowing security and political, social and economic stability in all the Arab and Islamic countries and for peace to prevail all over the world. The values of tolerance, compassion and love are achieved in this holy month. The monarch's speech stressed that the Islamic religion is a religion of unity, brotherhood, bonding and advocacy in addition to the Kingdom's rejection of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and the Kingdom's continuation in addressing and fighting all forms of this scourge. The Cabinet extended thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for the royal directives of taking all necessary measures for protecting the gains of homeland and its territories and the security and stability of the Saudi people and his keenness of protecting the Kingdom's national security anticipating violent actions that the terrorist organizations or others might commit to disturb the security of the homeland. --More 01:07 LOCAL TIME 22:07 GMT تغريد
