Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, chaired the cabinet's weekly session held at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh on Monday. At the outset of the session, the Cabinet was briefed on the outcome of the visit of the Crown Prince to the Eastern Region, his inauguration of and laying the foundation stones for several industrial, educational and health projects, meeting with citizens and sensing their needs. The citizens stressed that they will fight anyone who tries any infringement on the unity, security and stability of the Kingdom. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Dr. Fuad bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsi, the Minister of Culture and Information, said that the Cabinet affirmed that the development witnessed by various sectors in the Eastern Region comes within the framework of progress in all Regions of the Kingdom, noting that all citizens have pursued the interests of the religion, the homeland along with their prosperity. The Cabinet noted that the Kingdom's viewpoint on the economic agreement signed by the Kingdom of Bahrain does not stem from a bilateral or even collective difference, but from the Kingdom's keenness on seriousness and credibility of resolutions of Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) concerning the economic unity and integration among member states, particularly the setting up of the Common Market and the Monetary Union that had been approved to be implemented by the GCC Supreme Council. --More 1951 Local Time 1651 GMT
