The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet s session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday afternoon. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques welcomed the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States in their 16th consultative meeting to be held in Jeddah on Tuesday, praying to Allah Almighty for the success and the good of all for the GCC states and their peoples and the achievement of further cooperation in the march of the GCC joint action, and he briefed the Cabinet on the results of his meeting with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques was reassured about preparations being made by various authorities concerning with the service of Umrah performers and visitors in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan, stressing the Kingdom s keenness to provide the best services for visitors of the Two Holy Mosques emanating from its duties and responsibilities towards all Muslims, and the providing of all matters to ensure the security, safety and comfort of the pilgrims to perform their rituals with all tranquility and stability, directing all authorities concerning with the service of Umrah performers and visitors to intensify their efforts to create religious atmospheres for the visitors of the Two Holy Mosques, praying to Allah Almighty that they all fast the holy month of Ramadan, and all Muslims good deeds be accepted. In his statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel bin Zaid Altoraifi said that the Cabinet extended its thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his attention to the construction of the Two Holy Mosques, holy sites and their visitors, stressing that the patronage being accorded by the Crown Prince and Chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, to the activities of 16th Scholarly Forum on Hajj, Umrah and Visit Research organized by Umm Al-Qura University represented in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, embodies his attention to the exploitation of all potentials, efforts and services for pilgrims, Umrah performers and visitors, and the development of the system of Hajj, Umrah and visit for the service of pilgrims. --More
