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 - The Cabinet welcomed the final statement issued by the 36th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit including various fields that embody the blocks in the edifice of GCC accomplishments aiming at achieving the aspirations of the GCC peoples. - The Cabinet appreciated the vision of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques that the GCC states exert efforts for achieving concrete results to enhance the march of cooperation and interdependence among them, upgrade the Council's international status, create an economic and social environment to promote citizens' prosperity, and work according to an effective foreign policy that makes the GCC states avoid regional conflicts, helps to restore security and stability to neighboring countries, and completes what they started in building a common defensive and security system for protecting the interests and achievements of the Council's states and their peoples. - The Cabinet commended what has been reviewed by the GCC leaders within the march of the joint action to achieve the goals and objectives of the GCC's statute necessitating the strengthening and enhancing of the Gulf citizenship. - The Cabinet reviewed the Arab and international commending of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting the meeting of the Syrian opposition described as part of the Kingdom's efforts to end the tragedy of the Syrian people, and the Kingdom's welcome of the outcomes of the meeting. - The Cabinet stressed the Kingdom's keenness on the importance of the unification of regional and international efforts to address the deteriorating situations in the Middle East being witnessing instability and violence as well as the spread of the phenomenon of terrorism; especially from a number of organizations claiming Islam, which has nothing to do with them. - The Kingdom confirmed before the meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations at World Summit for Social Development, that the GCC's member states initiated since 1995 to develop the necessary policies and plans to achieve social development to build a prosperous society to meet the needs of this generation and future generations. - The Cabinet highlighted the Kingdom's call during the meeting of Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (21st session) in Paris to adopt reducing emissions policies that do not bias against any source of energy sources. - The Kingdom reconfirmed during the meeting which approved Paris agreement on climate its commitment to improving energy efficiency in its recognition of the importance of reducing emissions as a means to combat climate change and support sustainable development programs. - The Cabinet commended the announcement of the command of the coalition to support the legitimacy in Yemen on purging the island of Greater Hanish of Houthi militias and the militias of the deposed to re-impose the authority of the legitimate government there. - The Cabinet reiterated the Kingdom's condemnation of the terrorist acts including the attack carried out by Taliban on Kandahar airport and the suicide attack in north of Cameroon, which resulted in killing and wounding many civilians. - The Cabinet congratulated 2106 male and female winners of municipal elections in its third session.
