The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet's weekly session at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh on Monday. At the outset of the session, the King briefed the council on meetings, messages, talks and contacts he had during the past days with a number of countries' leaders and their envoys on bilateral relations and a number of world issues and the stand of Saudi Arabia on them. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Minister of Culture and Information Iyad Madani said that the council was briefed on developments in the region and the world especially the continued Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people who at the same time adhere to the ceasefire announced in the Sherm Alsheikh summit. The council reiterated Saudi Arabia' denunciation of Israeli forces' insistence on continued assassinations and arrests among the Palestinian people, home storming, setting up of check points, closure of roads and crossing points and all abusive measures which violate the most basic human rights and prevent world will from achieving security and peace in the region. --More 21 08 Local Time 18 08 GMT
