Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, chaired the cabinet's weekly session at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh on Monday. At the outset of the session, the Crown Prince briefed the Cabinet on the results of consultations and talks held with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Premier Shawkat Aziz on bilateral relations and the development of events at the Islamic arena. He also informed the Cabinet of the talks with Malaysia's Premier Dato Serri Abdullah bin Haj Ahmed Badawi which dealt with the preparations for convening the Islamic Summit in Makkah upon the Crown Prince's request. Crown Prince Abdullah also briefed the Cabinet on the contents of messages and contacts exchaned over the previous days with a number of leaders of Arab and friendly countries and their envoys on the development of events in the region and the world and the Kingdom's position towards them. --More 2241 Local Time 1941 GMT
