CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL CHAIRED THE CABINET'S SESSION AT ALYAMAMAH PALACE IN RIYADH ON MONDAY. AT THE OUTSET OF THE SESSION, THE CROWN PRINCE BRIEFED THE CABINET ON THE CONTENTS OF CONTACTS AND CONSULTATIONS HELD BY THE KINGDOM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ OVER THE PREVIOUS DAYS WITH LEADERS AND OFFICIALS OF BROTHERLY AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND THE KINGDOM'S STANCES ON TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY THE SITUATIONS IN PALESTINE, IRAQ AND LEBANON AS WELL AS THE EVENTS IN THE SUDAN AND SOMALIA. IN A STATEMENT TO SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (SPA) FOLLOWING THE SESSION, THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND ACTING MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION DR. JUBARAH BIN EID AL-SURAISERI SAID THAT THE CABINET RE-EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF UNIFICATION OF THE PALESTINIAN RANKS AND RENUNCIATION OF DISSENSION AND DISAGREEMENT AMONG PALESTINIANS, STRESSING THAT THE AIMS AND MOTIVES OF ALL SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO HALT THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND TO ACHIEVE THE LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS AND AMBITIONS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO SET UP THEIR STATE ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY RESOLUTIONS AND THE ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE. ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, THE CABINET, EMPHASIZING THE NECESSITY OF PRESERVATION OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND THE UNITY OF THEIR TERRITORIES, HAS VOICED THE KINGDOM'S SORROW OVER THE CONTINUATION AND INCREASE IN TERRORIST ACTS LEADING TO THE KILLING THE INNOCENT PEOPLE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SANCTITY OF MUSLIM BLOOD. --MORE
