The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held here today. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the cabinet on the contacts and meetings he held last week with a number of state leaders, their envoys, and representatives of world organizations on the bilateral relations, issues of the region and world affairs. In this context, the king highlighted his meetings with President Omar Hassan Albashir of the Sudan, President Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian National Authority, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The king said these meetings underline the role of the Kingdom at the international arena and its endeavors to serve its national interests and confront challenges faced by the Arab world and the Islamic nation. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the Minister of Culture and Information Iyad bin Amin Madani said in this context, the Cabinet reviewed the forthcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the 14th and 15th of this month of November, in support of the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on dialogue among the followers of religions and cultures all over the world so that dialogue and emphasis on human commonality, ethical dimensions and family structure shall become a framework for rapprochement, renunciation of violence, and reaching solutions for the current crises faced by the international community. The Cabinet also reviewed the Kingdom's participation in the Economic Summit of the Group of 20 countries to be held in the US capital, Washington DC, on the 17th of this month to review the international financial situation. During the summit, the Kingdom will seek to present its perspective on the roots of the current financial crisis, the need for the review of the monitoring method of international banks and the method of work and structures of the world financial institutions in a way that reflects the world economic reality now. --More
