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 MONARCH BRIEFED THE CABINET ON THE OVERALL CONTACTS AND CONSULTATIONS HE HELD OVER THE PREVIOUS DAYS WITH STATE LEADERS AND THEIR ENVOYS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS AND ISSUES OF THE REGION AND THE WORLD. ON THE SITUATION IN LEBANON, THE MONARCH EMPHASIZED THE NECESSITY FOR ALL LEBANESE TO WORK TOGETHER, TO UNITE THEIR RANKS AND TO STRENGTHEN LEBANON'S SECURITY AND STABILITY. THE KING ALSO STRESSED THAT LEGITIMACY, REASON, WISDOM AND THE LANGUAGE OF DIALOGUE SHOULD PREVAIL IN LEBANON SO THAT THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE OVERCOME. THE CONTINUATION OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL HARM LEBANON'S STABILITY, PROSPERITY, NATIONAL UNITY AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF ITS POLITICAL DECISIONS, THE KING SAID. HE ALSO AFFIRMED THE KINGDOM'S FULL SUPPORT FOR THE INTEREST AND THE GOOD OF LEBANON. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (SPA) FOLLOWING THE SESSION, THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION IYAD BIN AMIN MADANI SAID THAT THE CABINET WELCOMED THE CONVENTION OF THE 27TH SESSION OF THE FORTHCOMING SUMMIT OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) COUNTRIES IN RIYADH NEXT WEEK. THE CABINET HOPES THAT THE SUMMIT WILL REACH POSITIVE AND PRACTICAL OUTCOMES TO DEVELOP THE MARCH OF THE JOINT GULF ACTION, TO STRENGTHEN UNIFIED ARAB EFFORTS, TO SUPPORT THE REGION'S SECURITY AND STABILITY AND TO EMBODY THE GCC COUNTRIES COMMITMENT TO ISLAM AS A RELIGION, LAW AND SYSTEM. ON DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE CABINET EXPRESSED ITS APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE SECURITY FORCES IN THE KINGDOM WHICH TRACK DOWN THE MOVEMENTS OF SUSPECTED INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY THE DEVIATING THOUGHT AND CARRY OUT PREEMPTED OPERATIONS IN A NUMBER OF THE KINGDOM'S REGIONS. THESE OPERATIONS HAVE LED TO APPREHENDING A NUMBER OF SUSPECTS WHO COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO HARMING THE KINGDOM' S SECURITY AND RESOURCES. ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CONFRONTING INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY, AND CULTURALLY THE SOURCES OF THE DEVIATING THOUGHT WHICH DEFAME ISLAM AND HARM THE HOMELAND, THE CABINET NOTED. --MORE
