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 King briefed the Cabinet on his meetings and consultations with the leaders and heads of delegations of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States, the President of the Republic of Uganda, and members of the Syrian opposition, in addition to the telephone call received from the French President. The Cabinet welcomed Riyadh declaration and the final statement of the Supreme Council of Gulf Cooperation Council for Arab Gulf States in its 36th session held in Riyadh under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and its decisions including various fields that embody 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 reviewed the Arab and international commending of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting the meeting of the Syrian opposition with all its strata and components in support from the Kingdom for finding a political solution that ensures the unity of Syrian territories in accordance with the decisions of Geneva 1 and emanating from the Kingdom's keenness to achieve security, stability and justice in Syria and to return safe and stable. The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel bin Zaid Altoraifi said in his statement to Saudi Press Agency following the session that the Cabinet reviewed the latest developments in the region and the world and the results of regional and international meetings and consultations towards them, stressing in this context the Kingdom's keenness on the importance of unifying all regional and international efforts to cope with the deteriorating situations in the Middle East being witnessing an unprecedented stage of instability, violence and the spread of the phenomenon of terrorism; especially from some of the organizations that claim Islam, and Islam is a religion of peace and respect for human life and dignity. --More 16:08 LOCAL TIME 13:08 GMT تغريد
