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 talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey and his meeting with Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier of the Kingdom of Bahrain during which they reviewed close bilateral ties between the Kingdom and the two countries. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also briefed the Cabinet on his two telephone calls made to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on his election as President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his election as President of the Republic of Germany during which the King congratulated both presidents and confirmed the strength of relations between the Kingdom and the two countries and the keenness on enhancing them in all fields, in addition to his meeting with Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and President of World Bank Group Dr. Jim Yong Kim. The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel bin Zaid Altoraifi said in a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) after the session that the Cabinet was briefed on a number of reports on various international efforts on latest developments in the region and the world, and the challenges facing the international community to maintain security and stability, praising in this context the convening of Munich Security Conference and the meeting of Foreign Ministers of countries of Group of twenty (G20) in the cities of Munich and Bonn, Germany, and the ongoing efforts for the resumption of political negotiations on the Syrian crisis based on the declaration of Geneva (1) and United Nations Security Council resolution No. 2254. --More
