The Vice-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held at Al-Salam Palace here today. At the outset of the session, the Vice-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the talks, consultations, meetings and contacts made during the last days with leaders and officials of a number of countries and international organizations on developments of events in the region and the world. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the Minister of Economy and Planning and Acting Minister of Culture and Information Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Gosaibi said that the Cabinet praised the depth of relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar as well as the keenness of the leaderships of the two countries to consolidate and strengthen the relations in various fields, pointing to the visit recently paid to the Kingdom by Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani, the Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs who was received by the Vice-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz and Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Interior Minister. During the visit, ways of strengthening relations between the two countries were discussed. Also, Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani signed on the completion of the land demarcations between the two countries as well as the establishment of Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council that aims at upgrading bilateral cooperation in various fields in a way that serves the interest of the two brotherly countries and peoples and enhances the march of GCC. --More
