The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh on Monday afternoon. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on his talks with President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Republic of Djibouti, the Prime Minister of Republic of France Manuel Valls, and the results of his meetings with Foreign Minister of Germany Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the leader of Progressive Socialist Party of Lebanon Walid Junblat, and Director General of World Trade Organization Robert Azevedo. The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel bin Zaid Altoraifi said in a statement to Saudi Press Agency following the session that the Cabinet reviewed reports on various regional and international issues, calling in this context on the advent of the new Hijri year 1437 AH, which falls on the Islamic nation and a number of its countries are witnessing conflicts and dissensions, for the joint Islamic action and coordination of sincere efforts to defend the interests of the Islamic nation and for ending what it is witnessing of crises, particularly bloody incidents and conflicts facing a number of Arab countries and Muslim minorities in the world. The Cabinet reconfirmed the Kingdom's condemnation of the recent Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people, including the brutal crimes committed by settlers against Palestinians under the view of occupation authorities, as well as the continuing Israeli violations of Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing the Kingdom's appeals and calls for the international community, including the movements in the Security Council and concerned international organizations, to exert sincere efforts to provide protection for the Palestinian people and stop these crimes and attacks against them. The Minister pointed out that the Cabinet reviewed a number of issues on local affairs and what was being witnessed by cities in the Kingdom during the week of scientific, cultural, and economic activities including 5th National Congress for Quality entitled ''The quality, the strategic choice to achieve sustainability and promote competitiveness'', stressing the speech of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on this scientific event and his confirmation that the quality with its principles and methodologies stems mainly from ancient Islamic principles and visions, that the call to master work and perform it in a good way is a religious demand, and that the improvement of the quality of products and services is an important requirement for the construction of the earth and the Kingdom's determination on proceeding forward in the process of sustainable development to improve the quality of goods and services, the efficiency of markets and support for creativity and innovation activities. --More 15:36 LOCAL TIME 12:36 GMT تغريد
