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 Tuesday afternoon. At the outset of the session, the King praised and thanked Allah Almighty for bestowing upon this country many blessings, wealth, security, stability, development, the State's general budget for the fiscal year 1440/1441 (2019), the continuing support for the economic growth to achieve sustainability and financial stability within the objectives of the Kingdom's vision 2030, and the determination to proceed forward on the track of the economic reform. The King renewed his directives to ministers and officials to quickly implement the budget's programs and projects, emanating from his interest in continuing work to achieve comprehensive development in all regions of the Kingdom and all fields. The King stressed that the issuance of a number of royal decrees, including re-forming of the Cabinet, restructuring of some government agencies, and appointing of a number of ministers and officials, emanates from the keenness to continue the process of development pursued by this country to achieve aspirations in the performance of State's bodies in their missions and specializations in the best way and upgrade the level of services being provided for citizens and residents. The King welcomed newly appointed ministers, wishing all success for princes, ministers and officials included in the royal decrees in performing their new missions, expressing his thanks and appreciation to former princes, ministers and officials for their exerted blessed efforts. The King briefed the Cabinet on the contents of the two phone calls received from President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, and President Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the results of his meeting with President Dr. Arif Alvi of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Sheikh of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, during which they reviewed close relations and ways of their enhancement in various fields. The Minister of Media Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency that the Cabinet expressed its appreciation for His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Defense and Chairman of Council for Economic Affairs and Development for emphasizing that economic and structural reforms in the national economy are moving steadily towards achieving the objectives of the vision to diversify the economy, achieve economic stability and financial sustainability and improve the efficiency of public financial management, stimulate the private sector and work to improve the levels of standards of living for citizens. The Cabinet appreciated the royal decree based on what has been submitted by HRH Crown Prince to continue the disbursement of allowance of monthly cost of living for citizens of civil and military personnel, pension and monthly allowance for social security beneficiaries, and continue the increase of the financial reward for male and female students for one fiscal year, reflecting the keenness of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to sense the needs of male and female citizens. --More 16:43 LOCAL TIME 13:43 GMT 0008 www.spa.gov.sa/1859265
